On Sunday, 15 August, more that 20 families built Tippy Tap handwashing stations outside their homes in the Lom Sak Thai Village in Champasak. One of the TerraCare trainers, Nith, decided to teach about clean hands and Tippy Taps after the Sunday church service in the village. Many families from the church, but also many other families from the village came to hear her teach about the importance of handwashing. Nith taught the families about the dangers of not washing hands – how disease can transfer when hands are not clean. She taught when we should wash (before preparing food, before eating, and after using the toilet) and she taught how to wash, using a poster that shows the 7 steps of handwashing.
Finally, Nith taught the families how to build a Tippy Tap – a ‘handwashing station’ that families can build using sticks, an empty plastic jug, and rope. The handwashing station is a place where families can wash without dipping their hands in to a shared bowl. Soap is easily accessible. In places without running water, handwashing is a challenge. Tippy Tap brings easy handwashing to every home. As a prize, everyone who build a Tippy Tap got free bars of soap.
Congratulations, Nith, on bringing the knowledge and practice of clean hands to Lom Sak Thai Village!
