Jordan Sanitation Day Event

On May 10, we held Sanitation Day Event in a school in Jerash Prefecture, located 48km north of capital Amman.
Jerash Prefecture is located in plain area surrounded by rich basin and hilly forest. It is said that a village existed there since the Bronze Age (B.C.3200 to B.C.1200), and in B.C.63 the land was conquered by General Pompeius and became under control of Roman Empire. It became one of the Décapoles, league of towns of Roman Empire, and flourished by trading. Today, it is the fourth largest Prefecture in Jordan where 240 thousand people live*.
This time, we held Sanitation Day event for 93 students of Borma Girls Elementary School in Jerash Prefecture.
We used tools and games developed by JEN’s sanitary promotion team in this Event. Through these games, students can obtain comprehensive knowledge of sanitation, such as the importance of hand washing, the proper way of hand washing, and proper acts to spend hygienic life. Since the schools do not offer health classes in its normal curriculum, and do not have expertise or tools to teach sanitation, the teachers appreciated the opportunity very much

JEN is actively visiting schools every day and holding events and sessions in the limited project period, which ends in few months.

【Games to learn how to spend hygienic life, such as nail cutting and hair combing, drinking clan water, when to wash hands】

【After making hand prints on wall, children learn the proper way to wash hands and practice】

【JEN staff teaching the necessity and propoer timing of washing hands, by using sanitary origami】

*Reference to website of Ministry of Interior, Jordan