It's time to return to school, after a complete paradigm shift of learning from classroom sessions to distance learning mechanism during COVID-19 crisis. This pandemic has impacted every industry segment with lockdown and as the recovering lifestyle is now moving to the new world of “living with it” which is a new normal, along with focused precautionary measures. “ Prevention is better than Cure”, it is important for everyone to take precautionary measures to stay away and be cautious enough to avoid getting in contact. Keeping that in mind the only way you could prevent this virus is using masks and sanitising frequently, while the medical scientists are working on the vaccine. Our school, GIIS Dubai, in collaboration with “The Water Alliance” ( a Dubai-based non-profit organization) delivered HAND WASHING HEROES, an awareness program on global water crisis. This was a complete hands on program with workshops and activities to make the participation interactive and lively.
Wearing masks and Washing our hands has become one of the many essential activities today because of the rapid spread of covid-19. “Hand Washing Heroes“ Training has shown us the importance of using soap and water. This 10 step program demonstrates not only the importance but also information on how soap works in killing bacteria, how we should and for how long we must wash our hands.
The session spoke about the importance of washing hands for at least 20 seconds. How could one make these 20 seconds interesting and most importantly, making washing an essential activity for kids? The solution was simple, make these 20 seconds fun and interesting like- singing the happy birthday song twice or making up a 20 second fun filled activity and we are done with washing our hands. Here are 10 simple steps to washing ones hands correctly,
- Dampen our hands and turn off the water.
- Apply soap, if you are using a bar of soap, don’t be shy, use lots of it! But when using liquid soap be careful to not use excess. Did you also know that Antibacterial soaps are as effective as regular soaps?
- Rub your palms together, interlock your fingers and do the same
- Scrub the top of your hands with your other palm and repeat it for the other side.
- Make a fist with one of your hands and rub the other palm with it in a circular motion.
- This step is pretty fun, cover your thumb with your other hand and twist. Then repeat with the other hands.
- Now do the same as the previous step but this time with your wrists.
- Fold your hand into a fist and scrub your palms of the opposite hand. Repeat the actions once again with the opposite hands of course.
- Be sure to scrub under the nails.
- Now it is time to switch on the tap and rinse off the soap. Keep in mind that the water has to be a temperature you prefer. Hot water does not prove to be more effective than cold water. Now dry your hands.
Most importantly, while washing our hands the global water consumption rate increases, so taking the necessary precautions is vital.
That is it! Those are the steps that you need to follow to wash your hands every day to keep Covid away. Such sessions are always a good reminder of some regular but essential practices.
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