Global Handwashing Day

Planet Water Foundation Launches Programs Across Six Countries With a Focus on Handwashing to Improve Community Health

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Friday, October 13, 2023
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School Children Washing Hands - School children washing hands at a Planet Water Foundation AquaTower in Cambodia.

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  • School Children Washing Hands - School children washing hands at a Planet Water Foundation AquaTower in Cambodia.
  • The system provides handwashing facilities and safe drinking water for up to 1,800 people.
  • The series of 20 project deployments in six countries is the result of corporate partners supporting Planet Water Foundation programs across Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines and Vietnam.
  • Planet Water Foundation's Global Handwashing Day program partners include Capital One Philippines, Cole Haan, Columbia Sportswear, Electrolux Group, Escudo Antibacterial, Mativ, Metito, Microsoft, The Starbucks Foundation, Watts Water Technologies, and Xylem.

Global Handwashing Day Illuminates the Need for Good Handwashing Habits

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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According to the Global Handwashing Partnership , creators of Global Handwashing Day, great strides have been made in hygiene commitment and action in the past few years, but globally, better access and more practice is needed to achieve hand hygiene for all.

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  • According to the Global Handwashing Partnership , creators of Global Handwashing Day, great strides have been made in hygiene commitment and action in the past few years, but globally, better access and more practice is needed to achieve hand hygiene for all.
  • Celebrating Global Handwashing Day is a natural outgrowth of that mission," said Jon Dommisse, vice president of marketing and strategy for Bradley Corporation.
  • "Connecting handwashing with our daily habits or rituals is an effective way to form good handwashing practices."
  • "In addition to advocating for better handwashing practices, Global Handwashing Day is a great reminder for businesses and facilities to provide clean, well-stocked and maintained restrooms that support handwashing," Dommisse said.

PathSpot Unveils Handwashing Data From Millions Of Scans In Honor Of Global Handwashing Day

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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The data represents millions of hand scans and washes across the world by the PathSpot Hand Hygiene System.

Key Points: 
  • The data represents millions of hand scans and washes across the world by the PathSpot Hand Hygiene System.
  • Global Handwashing Day was dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding the important role handwashing plays in preventing diseases and saving lives.
  • Its important to us at PathSpot to get involved because we can see firsthand with our data how many people overlook and rush through handwashing.
  • Notable Global Handwashing Day Findings from PathSpot include:
    Nobody is washing enough: 75% of people typically fail a scan after washing their hands completely the first time.

Safeguard Donates 118 Million Handwashes to Celebrate Global Handwashing Day

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Friday, October 14, 2022
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This Global Handwashing Day (October 15), Safeguard has donated 118 million handwashes to City Harvest and other organizations across the United States to help provide basic hand hygiene to more people.

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  • This Global Handwashing Day (October 15), Safeguard has donated 118 million handwashes to City Harvest and other organizations across the United States to help provide basic hand hygiene to more people.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221014005289/en/
    This Global Hand Washing Day, Safeguard partners with City Harvest and Soapy Care to make superior germ protection and education more accessible.
  • This Global Handwashing Day, were also teaming up with Soapy to make handwashing and information on how to wash effectively more accessible in schools, health care facilities, hospitality services, restaurants and other industries.
  • For more information about Safeguard and Soapys hand hygiene mission and Global Handwashing Day, visit: https://safeguardna.com/en-us/social-impact/global-handwashing-day .

EQS-News: Thirst Foundation: The world’s largest refugee camps desperately need soap

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Thursday, September 29, 2022
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The worlds largest refugee camps in the Coxs Bazar District in Bangladesh desperately need soap, a resource, which, in the sprawling camps of some 1.24-million people, could be the difference between life and death.

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  • The worlds largest refugee camps in the Coxs Bazar District in Bangladesh desperately need soap, a resource, which, in the sprawling camps of some 1.24-million people, could be the difference between life and death.
  • Through a collaboration with soap recyclers Eco-Soap Bank, they are donating one bar of soap to the camps for every 1km people around the world register to run or walk.
  • The lack of access to soap remains a critical factor in fighting the spread of preventable diseases worldwide.
  • In some areas of the developing world, only 1% of households have soap for handwashing, said Samir Lakhani from Eco-Soap Bank.

Global Handwashing Day Serves as International Reminder for Important Safety Practice

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Thursday, October 14, 2021
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MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Each year on Oct. 15, Global Handwashing Dayis a world-wide reminder about the significant health benefits that handwashing delivers.

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  • MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Each year on Oct. 15, Global Handwashing Dayis a world-wide reminder about the significant health benefits that handwashing delivers.
  • Not surprisingly, the 2021 findings show the coronavirus continues to influence domestic handwashing habits.
  • The Healthy Handwashing Survey has been able to chart differences in handwashing behavior before, during and after the initial wave of the pandemic.
  • Prior to COVID, the survey found that 37% of Americans were washing their hands six or more times a day.

Planet Water Foundation Announces Major Activation Around Handwashing in Conjunction With Global Handwashing Day

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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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PHOENIX, Oct. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Planet Water Foundation, a leading non-profit organization that addresses global water poverty by delivering clean water access and hygiene education programs, announces the launch of a major activation around handwashing, during which they will be deploying handwashing facilities and handwashing education programming to communities in need, alongside their community water filtration systems.

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  • PHOENIX, Oct. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Planet Water Foundation, a leading non-profit organization that addresses global water poverty by delivering clean water access and hygiene education programs, announces the launch of a major activation around handwashing, during which they will be deploying handwashing facilities and handwashing education programming to communities in need, alongside their community water filtration systems.
  • In conjunction with Global Handwashing Day, which takes place on October 15, Planet Water and its donor partners are engaging in a month of action across six countries - Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines and Vietnam.
  • Recipient communities in these countries are each receiving an AquaTower community water filtration system, which includes integrated handwashing stations to make handwashing convenient and frequently practiced.
  • Enhancing the educational side of this activation in India, Planet Water has collaborated with long-standing partner Sesame Workshop India (SWI).

Soapbox and Surge for Water Announce Partnership to Produce and Distribute Soap to Global Communities in Need, a Solution to Help Serve the 3 Billion People That Lack Proper Handwashing Facilities

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Monday, July 19, 2021
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Access to soap, soap-making training and hygiene training are key ways that Surge works in partnership with local communities to address a lack of water, sanitation and hygiene solutions.

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  • Access to soap, soap-making training and hygiene training are key ways that Surge works in partnership with local communities to address a lack of water, sanitation and hygiene solutions.
  • Through Surges model for sustainable solutions and strengthening the local capacity, in 2020 Surge impacted more than 71,000 people in 4 countries.
  • Soapboxs financial support garners additional movement toward the SDGs, grows Surges global impact and tackles the 3 billion without access to proper handwashing facilities.
  • With this partnership, we hope to improve access to proper hand hygiene by providing soap, training, and awareness in communities we serve.

MyKirei By KAO Introduces The Clean Routine For Healthy Hands Campaign

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Thursday, March 18, 2021
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The Healthy Hands campaign, featuring a handwashing curriculum that makes the daily task a fun activity, will help teachers in schools across the country educate their students on how to properly wash their hands.

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  • The Healthy Hands campaign, featuring a handwashing curriculum that makes the daily task a fun activity, will help teachers in schools across the country educate their students on how to properly wash their hands.
  • The Clean Routine for Healthy Hands program helps children care for themselves with proper hygiene, their society in keeping others around them safe and healthy, and their world by encouraging them to recycle and use packaging that creates less waste.
  • With MyKirei by KAO and our Healthy Hands program, we are expanding our culture of cleanliness into the next generation with beautiful, practical examples of kinder, more sustainable ways of living."
  • In addition to Japan and now here in the US, the Healthy Hands program has also been implemented in Vietnam and Indonesia.

Bradley Corp. Finds Handwashing Diligence on the Decline Amidst Pandemic

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
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According to the Healthy Handwashing Survey conducted in January, 57% of Americans are washing their hands six or more times a day.

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  • According to the Healthy Handwashing Survey conducted in January, 57% of Americans are washing their hands six or more times a day.
  • The annual Healthy Handwashing Survey from Bradley Corp. queried 1,050 American adults Jan. 11-13, 2021, about their handwashing habits, concerns about the coronavirus and flu and their use of public restrooms.
  • Mask wearing is now the number one action in response to the coronavirus followed by social distancing and then handwashing.
  • Dedicated to innovating healthy handwashing technologies, Bradley is the industry's leading source for the most sanitary multi-function touchlesshandwashing and drying fixtures.