And Tip Goes The Tap

A Young Girl Using The Tippy Tap

During the months of October and November, the Girls Peer Education Program focused on personal and environmental hygiene in our health talks that we gave to the five core schools. In November, Eve and I talked with the girls about environmental. We discussed the importance of environmental hygiene in our homes and the communities and we also built Tippy Taps. 

 Tippy taps are hand washing stations that can be built out of wood, a jerry can, rope, and some soap. They are simple and a great way to get people thinking hand washing. The tippy taps were built outside of the girls pit latrines at the schools. They offer a way for the pupils to wash their hands without using a sink or one of the rain barrels. We built them with the girls but by the end of the building process we ended up having some boys come and the girls teach them how to wash their hands. We are going to follow up with the schools in February when first term starts again and see if there is a need to build more at the schools. But here are some photos of the process. 

Girls Teaching A Young Boy To Wash His Hands

 

One Of The Teachers Using It

Kiko Primary School

Hand Washing

How Do We Wash Our Hands Demo