Spreading the hygiene awareness from students to their family through hygiene materials

JEN conducted hygiene promotion in 10 schools in Mafraq and Irbid. In this activity, teachers trained by JEN gave lessons to students by using JEN original hygiene materials.

[Hygiene lesson with JEN hygiene materials conducted in Alnahtha primary school]

The hygiene booklet for lower grades is based on a story with interesting games that two children, Sarah and Ahmed, learn hygiene issues.  It was created by JEN staffs’ hope that this booklet would be not only text book for hygiene lesson but also the tool for children to learn hygiene with fun.

We’ve got very interesting stories regarding this booklet when we visited schools for monitoring after hygiene promotions. The headmistress of Hay Aldalaa primary school told us that the play imitating Sarah and Ahmed is going around students. One girl student learned all the contents of the booklet by heart and proudly explained it to us.

We also heard that children receiving the booklets read it to their brothers and sisters. In addition, one student said, ‘I teach my father and mother to wash their hands’.

[Boy student in Omar bin Khatab primary school who told us that he read the story to his brothers]

JEN’s hygiene promotions were conducted in schools and targeted school children, but at the same time we expect that in this way the effect spills over into families such as parents and siblings and contributes to the improvement of community hygiene environment.

This project is being executed thanks to the support of Japan Platform, all our members and contributors.