01.06.17
INDIA: Savlon India has introduced a low cost innovation for hand hygiene—Savlon Healthy Hands chalk sticks, which have been designed to engage children in primary schools and help induce in them the habit of washing.
The sticks are infused with cleansers like soap and are designed to engage children in primary schools and emphasize the importance of washing hands before eating.
The genesis of this idea stems from the observation of everyday habits of these school children. Educators in some schools in rural India still rely on chalk and slate. Most students use their hands to erase their slates, and as a result, their hands are usually full of chalk powder at the end of the class. When a lesson is followed by a meal break, handwashing is sometimes limited to a quick water rinse under a tap.
Access to basic hygiene may at times be a challenge and washing hands with cleansers like soap before a meal is yet to become a widespread habit in some parts of the country.
With Savlon Healthy Hands Chalk Sticks, the chalk powder on the hand turns into a cleanser like soap and generates lather as soon as it is placed under water. The chalk dust forming lather on washing with water is a unique experience that engages children and educates them on the importance of cleaning with cleansers.
The sticks are infused with cleansers like soap and are designed to engage children in primary schools and emphasize the importance of washing hands before eating.
The genesis of this idea stems from the observation of everyday habits of these school children. Educators in some schools in rural India still rely on chalk and slate. Most students use their hands to erase their slates, and as a result, their hands are usually full of chalk powder at the end of the class. When a lesson is followed by a meal break, handwashing is sometimes limited to a quick water rinse under a tap.
Access to basic hygiene may at times be a challenge and washing hands with cleansers like soap before a meal is yet to become a widespread habit in some parts of the country.
With Savlon Healthy Hands Chalk Sticks, the chalk powder on the hand turns into a cleanser like soap and generates lather as soon as it is placed under water. The chalk dust forming lather on washing with water is a unique experience that engages children and educates them on the importance of cleaning with cleansers.