Youth Engagement
The Mustard Seed: #ItStartsWithMe School Visit
Today we visited The Mustard Seed Centre for our #ItStartsWithMe campaign. The students at the Centre ranged in age from 15 months to 8 years old. We spoke to them about why they need to wash their hands and did demonstrations with them to show the proper way to wash their hands. We also taught them a […]
Clean Hands, Full Hearts: Empowering Orphanages Through A Handwashing Education Campaign
For the 2023 Global Handwashing Day with the campaign theme “Clean hands are within reach,” we decided to take our handwashing campaign to two orphanages in Lagos, to teach hand washing and hygiene to 70 children and orphanage caregivers. On the 14th of October, our team members geared up to spread the message that clean hands are […]
300+ DRASA Ambassadors. 10 Schools. 6 Youth Trainers.
We’re back! 300+ Youth Ambassadors. 10 Schools. 6 Youth Trainers. School has resumed for another academic year so we’re continuing our DRASA Youth Ambassador program! Who are the DRASA Ambassadors? All students who were selected to be members of the “DRASA Health and Hygiene Club” in their secondary schools are called DRASA Ambassadors. What are we […]
World Savings Day: “Dear Students: Save Your Money, Save Your Life”
Today Union Bank and DRASA worked together to reach more than 3,200 students in 30 states across the country! Our collaboration was in celebration of World Savings Day – a global event promoting the value of saving – and the theme of our campaign was Save Your Money, Save Your Life. Throughout the day in schools […]
Celebrating World Antibiotic Awareness Week
This year, to celebrate World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW), we taught our Youth Ambassadors about antibiotics – what they are, proper use, misuse and abuse, as well as the risk of antibiotic resistance. Who are our Youth Ambassadors?These are members of the DRASA Health and Hygiene Clubs which we have established and are managing in […]
Promoting Cleaner Hands in Schools
Every year on October 15th we celebrate a special day – Global Handwashing Day! This year our focus was promoting cleaner hands in schools. This year we partnered with Ikeja Electric and Kleanmate, visited 2 schools, and reached more than 950 students and 45 teachers in Lagos state. We taught them how germs spread and […]
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