By Ifeoluwa Adeyeye
More than 1,000 secondary school students in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, have benefited from a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) campaign aimed at promoting proper sanitation and preventing waterborne diseases.
Tagged: Project WASH, the initiative was organised by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Precious Kosomolate, as part of her personal Community Development Service (CDS) project. It reached 1,035 students across seven secondary schools in the community.
The students were educated on proper hand washing, environmental sanitation and ways to prevent diseases such as typhoid, cholera and diarrhoea. The campaign also featured practical demonstrations showing how germs spread through direct contact and contaminated surfaces.
During the sessions, students were taught proper handwashing techniques using soap and clean water.
The organisers also encouraged them to adopt and promote good hygiene practices in their schools and communities.
Kosomolate said the project was informed by sanitation challenges identified during a community needs assessment conducted after her arrival in Omu-Aran.
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She said the initiative was designed to provide students with practical hygiene knowledge they could apply in their daily lives.
“Many health problems affecting school children are preventable through improved hygiene practices. We wanted to provide young people with practical knowledge that they can apply daily while also becoming advocates in their schools and communities,” she said.
She added that the project will go beyond awareness, with plans underway to improve sanitation facilities in one of the schools. The planned infrastructure includes a two-compartment toilet, hand-washing stations and waste bins, although fundraising for the project is still ongoing.
The campaign is expected to promote healthier school environments and strengthen hygiene practices among students while encouraging them to become advocates for sanitation and disease prevention in their communities.
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