Day 4 - 9 : Hygiene Teaching

The Cambodian kids are not well educated on personal hygiene which results in a slightly high mortality rate in the children.

The kids play with soil and animals which contain a lot of germs and bacteria. The next moment, they might grab food with bare hands and eat it. Here it goes, all the germs and bacteria went down the oesophagus to the stomach. In the tiny stomaches of theirs, worms are being bred. This disallows the nutrition in the stomach to be abosorbed well and causing the child to be malnutrition although food is being consumed.

With that, we made our mind to teach Hygiene to the local children.

The topics covered are:

1) How and When to wash hands
2) How and When to brush teeths
3) How to lead a healthy lifestyle

We are spilt into our teaching groups to conduct the hygiene classes on Day 8 at Don Ton School. See Prof Edmund's post here! We demostrated the steps to wash hands and brush teeth (with a teeth model). Wondering how to lead a healthy lifestyle? Do the hokey-pokey dance! The lessons conducted were indeed interactive! We also attracted a lot of parents and kids to observe the classes outside the classroom.

Hope they will take in the knowledge we imparted and practised with the hygiene packs given!

Inside the Hygiene packs...
(will then put in the toothbrushes)

Packing...
(soaps 'dept')
More join in to help!
Final Stage of packing into the plastic bags
The 'le-mok' that we are taking to the school
On 'le-mok'
you sure this vehicle can take us there?
YES!
The nice scenery on our way there
stop by for a group pic while the vehicle top up the fuel
rusty bicycles...
The vice-principal & prof chui!
The outlook of the school
another classroom that are rent from the nearby temple
briefing
with the students
sitting on the huge sleeping pigs?
innocent looks
the non-schooling kids crowding around the school to learn outside the classroom
Having the 'gift' from us!
teaching-in-process
distributing the hygiene packs
Showing his friends the Singapore postcard
opening up to see what's inside
learning to wash hands properly
there's dirt in between of our fingers
who has not taken the hygiene packs?
excited to have this simple toothbrush where the packaging can be use as a ruler
guiding the students sitting at the back
how to brushing your teeth properly
show the rest how you wash your hands clean!
volunteers, pls!
classroom situation
learning about healthy lifestyle by doing a dance!
Don't be shy...join in!
Having a translator to help us translate
Same here....
come on! answer our question?
"Put your right hand in..."
"put your left hand in"
Okay with the demostration?
then...*twists* as you sing "and you do your hokey pokey..."
"and that's what is all about! *jumps"
Higher!
Down!
See we can jump very high!
Glad to receive the hygiene packs?
2nd lesson....
Let's out for some exercise!
Before that...we shall go into proper lesson 1st
They are very attentive
okok...let's form a circle
2nd class renting a monk's hut
See the flooring with 'huge' gaps
the kids stay at the stairs to watch the lesson conducted
let's begin!
learning how to wash hands by doing it themselve too!
Can manage?
Let's out for some fresh air & learn "hokey pokey"
Okay? Let's go!
End lesson.... Beware of steps
The Colours & Fruit Teaching Group!
De-Brief by the Vice-Principal

Final group pic!

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Sherri