Celebrate Global Handwashing Day with a Free Poster

Proper handwashing with soap, of course. In fact, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control call handwashing “the best way to prevent infection and illness.”

The trouble is that in developing countries, handwashing is seldom practiced, due to the twin problems of lack of hygiene education and access to handwashing facilities. Global Handwashing Day, which will be observed tomorrow, is an effort to change that. And around the world, handwashing could save millions of lives—if it is done habitually. As the Global Handwashing Day site explains, “Turning handwashing with soap before eating and after using the toilet into an ingrained habit could save more lives than any single vaccine or medical intervention, cutting deaths from diarrhea by almost half and deaths from acute respiratory infections by one-quarter.”

To celebrate Global Handwashing Day and to promote clean hands for everyone, Project WET is offering a free, colorful, downloadable 11x17 poster that can be used in schools, daycares, homes and offices. You can download your free copy by clicking here.

For more handwashing activities, you can also download a free copy of Project WET’s children’s activity book, Healthy Water, Healthy Habits, Healthy People.

--About Project WET: Since 1984, Project WET, an award-winning American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has dedicated itself to the mission of reaching children, parents, teachers and community members of the world with water education.