700 Dong Van students participate in school hygiene festival

Ha Giang The festival was held at Sinh Lung Primary and Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities, Dong Van district on October 11, organized by the Hope Fund in collaboration with Sanofi Vietnam.

This is an opportunity for children to exchange knowledge about school hygiene, and at the same time celebrate the inauguration of the new toilet. Through activities such as quizzes, "healthy stomach, happy stomach" dance, "hand washing song", making recycled items, seesaw with Baci and Clau, sand painting, statue painting... students have both raised their personal awareness and received meaningful gifts.

Students perform the "Handwashing Song" with members of the organizing committee. Photo: Tung Dinh

"In addition to knowing how to use the toilet properly, through the festival I also learned how to prevent infection and wash my hands in 6 steps. This is a practical activity and I will spread it to my relatives and friends to protect their health," Nguyen Thu Anh, a 9B student at Sinh Lung Primary and Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities, shared.

On this occasion, the Organizing Committee also awarded prizes for the drawing and writing contest called "Green Hope" for students at 20 schools benefiting from the project. Among the more than 1,100 entries, many conveyed meaningful messages about the environment, hygiene, and clean water in a creative and artistic way.

Miss Luong Thuy Linh participated in the festival and led a quiz about hygiene knowledge with the students. Photo: Tung Dinh.

The festival is part of the School Hygiene project to build 20 new standard toilets in Dong Van district, sponsored by Sanofi Vietnam. The project started construction in June and was handed over in September. In addition to building new facilities, the School Hygiene project also provided additional water filtration tanks to some schools in Dong Van, helping to reduce concerns about unsafe water sources.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Lam - Principal of Sinh Lung Primary and Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities said that Sinh Lung School with 5 campuses has a total of more than 700 students. Most of the campuses are located deep in the village, the roads are divided by mountains and hills, and the physical facilities are still lacking. Therefore, for many years, students have had toilets but they are all makeshift, degraded and unusable. All of this greatly affects the psychology and learning outcomes of students.

"In the coming time, we will consult with the Party Committee and try to come up with a plan to replicate the standard toilet model, so that every day at school for students is a happy day, erasing the previous fear of toilets," said Mr. Lam.

Speaking at the event, Ms. Nguyen Xuan Tu said that clean and safe toilets not only contribute to creating a healthy and equitableeducational environment, but it is also a shared responsibility to ensure that every child has access to basic amenities, regardless of geography.

"It is important to preserve and maintain the clean toilet facilities in the long term. We believe that the teachers and students here will take care of the facilities, through small but practical actions. It is a gift containing the care of the whole community," said Ms. Xuan Tu.

Ms. Mai Thi Thanh Huong hopes that the spirit of the School Hygiene project will spread widely. Photo: Tung Dinh

Representative of Sanofi Vietnam, Ms. Mai Thi Thanh Huong - Head of External Relations of Healthcare Industry, commented that access to better facilities also helps raise awareness about school hygiene as well as health for students. Moreover, clean toilets contribute to preventing the spread of diarrhea among students.

"We consider the project to have a positive impact because it not only builds facilities but also carries out communication and education activities. That is why Sanofi and the Hope Foundation cooperate to organize a school hygiene festival to raise awareness among students, help them change their behavior and maintain facilities according to standards to ensure a learning environment," said Ms. Huong.

The School Hygiene Project is part of the School Light program, with the goal of eliminating degraded toilets. In 2022, the Hope Fund and Sanofi Vietnam handed over 20 new, spacious toilets to students and teachers in Van Ho district, Son La province; at the same time, organized training and education activities on school hygiene.

With the hope that children in the highlands will have the conditions to ensure their health to study, the Hope Fund continues to set a goal of building 50 new toilets in Son La (Song Ma district), Lai Chau, Yen Bai... in the near future. To join hands with the Hope Fund, readers can find out more here.

Thanh Thu

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