Girls Club

This is an activity I did with my Girls Club at the primary school on hand washing. I started by asking them what are things that we know exist but we cannot see. I used the example of the wind. They came up with things like air, and God. Then I asked them what causes disease and they said germs, which is really good. So then I said that germs are so small we can't see them, but we know they are there and we have to wash our hands thoroughly to get rid of them. Then I had one of the girls help my with a demonstration- I put a bit of oil on her hand and then some dirt (we meet outside under a tree so this was easy to find). I told her the dirt is like germs and they are sticking to her hand so she needs to wash them. The left hand has cholera and the right hand has typhoid I said. Then I splashed water on her hand a few times but the “germs” would not all come off. So then we added soap and after scrubbing, the germs were all gone. Then I told then to show this to their sisters and mothers who do not go to school.