UNICEF: Celebrating soap in Zimbabwe

HARARE, Zimbabwe, 21 October, 2009 Approximately one million Zimbabweans lathered up their hands with soap and water last week as they joined in on the worldwide commemorations of Global Handwashing Day.

The event follows this year's unprecedented cholera outbreak, which resulted in an estimated 4,000 deaths in the country.

The focus of this year's Global Handwashing Day campaign was how school children can be effective agents for change.

Hundreds of community volunteers were trained to disseminate messages on the importance of handwashing.

Activities included the distribution of educational material to over 1,500,000 people with messages on cholera prevention and handwashing. Meanwhile, thousands of bars of soap and buckets with taps helped to provide handwashing facilities, particularly in primary schools.

To read the full story, visit http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/zimbabwe_51480.html

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