Chalk One Up for Clean Hands

Young children often use their hands to explore their surroundings, so they can easily get sick if they don't wash up properly—by using plenty of soap—before eating. One company in India has found an innovative solution that not only improves children's hygiene but makes them want to wash up the right way.

At many Indian primary schools, kids use personal chalkboards to write and draw, so their hands are often covered in chalk powder. Savlon India has introduced Healthy Hands Chalk Sticks as part of an educational campaign to promote proper handwashing. What makes Savlon's chalk special is that it contains soap, which lathers up on contact with water. With Healthy Hands, washing off chalk powder and watching it bubble up becomes a fun, unique experience for children that gets them into a healthy habit.

Savlon India chalked up some impressive numbers with its program, reaching 1.7 million kids in 3,700 schools throughout India. In terms of hygiene, this magic chalk has been a huge success—hands down!

「粉筆肥皂棒」養成洗手的好習慣
年幼的孩子們經常用手去探索周遭的環境，所以吃東西前如果沒有適當地洗乾淨（使用大量的肥皂），就很容易會生病。印度有一間公司找到了一個創新的解決辦法，不僅可以改善孩子們的衛生，還可以讓他們想用正確的方法洗手。
在許多印度的國小裡，孩童會用個人的黑板來寫字和畫畫，所以他們的手上經常會有粉筆灰。印度沙威隆公司引進了「健康洗手粉筆」作為推廣正確洗手的教育宣導的一部分。讓沙威隆粉筆特別的是它含有肥皂，一碰到水就會起泡泡。有了「健康洗手粉筆」，洗掉粉筆灰和看著手上起泡泡對孩子來說變成一個有趣且獨特的經驗，讓他們養成健康的習慣。
印度沙威隆公司以此計畫達成一些可觀的數字，接觸了印度各地三千七百所學校的一百七十萬名孩童。就衛生問題而言，這種神奇粉筆已取得巨大的成功——這是毫無疑問地！