Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 18th April 2024 Issue no. 1110
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RAS promotes World Toilet Day Commemoration Fund
World Toilet Day has been recognised worldwide on 19th November each year since 2001. This international day aims to inspire the global community to take action to break the toilet taboo and raise global awareness that a staggering 2.5 billion people still do not have access to proper sanitation.
RAS, the Restroom Association (Singapore), has introduced The World Toilet Day Commemoration Fund to encourage all preschools and schools to organise toilet-related activities and events in their preschools, schools and community in October or November to commemorate World Toilet Day.
A total of 20 selected preschools and schools will be awarded the fund, which is capped at $250.00 (£120). RAS will work closely with the awarded preschools and schools to provide the necessary assistance and mentoring and outstanding preschools, schools, teachers, staff and students can be nominated for the LOO (Let's Observe Ourselves) Awards.
Preschools and schools must complete a minimum of one activity or event in October or November; suggested activities or events include:
1. Cleaning attendants' appreciation
- Conduct talk
- Organise tribute lunch or tea session
- Present gifts, vouchers and self-designed thank-you cards
2. Environmental cleaning (includes toilet cleaning)
- Conduct learning journey on the routine work of cleaning attendants e.g. training on toilet cleaning
- Undertake routine work of cleaning attendants
- Organise LOO (Let's Observe Ourselves) Whiz toilet cleaning competition
3. Exhibition / Carnival
- Create posters, puzzles, games, videos and other exhibits
- Organise an exhibition/carnival
4. Poster/Song/Video competition
- Organise a poster/song/video competition in the whole preschool/school or at class level
- Engage preschool/school community to vote
- Organise prize-giving ceremony
5. Learning journey
- Conduct WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) learning journey e.g. toilet visit hosted by RAS
6. Public toilet inspections
- Attend toilet inspection training
- Conduct toilet inspection at a public location such as shopping centre
- Provide feedback and recommendations, submit results to RAS
7. Outreach to other preschools/schools or other community establishments
- Source for a preschools, schools or other community establishments such as children’s homes
- Prepare outreach materials
- Organise talk, workshop, exhibition, carnival or learning journey
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