The Madagascar national and local government is working with the private sector and development partners to help students return to school safely in a new normal.

Hun Sen Mitthapheap High School is among the first schools to reopen in Cambodia, and one of the largest to participate in this pilot reopening phase. After months of planning, they reopened the upper grades this week. Rather than undertaking expensive facilities work with professional contractors, students themselves were well able to set up hand washing stations in each of their classrooms in a matter of minutes.

A North Tyneside nursery is leading the way in instilling healthy habits for life among children.

Around 1.8 billion people are at heightened risk of COVID-19 and other diseases because they use or work in health care facilities without basic water services, warn WHO and UNICEF.

Reimagine the future for every child

Even as we marked Global Handwashing Day, UNICEF was managing a major operation to bring hygiene supplies and safety education materials to all 13,482 schools and 3,064 community pre-schools in Cambodia. These are essential for their safe re-opening.

HappyTap Announces Major Expansion on Global Handwashing Day

A businesswoman, executive advisor and coach who spent 30 years living and working in Japan has returned to the UK and brought with her a cost effective yet simple idea to keep children safe against Covid in North East schools.

Hundreds of handwashing stations will be set up in schools across County Durham as part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Hundreds of hand washing stations will be set up in schools across County Durham as part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

In a live briefing, HappyTap's Geoff Revell explains how the business model of providing portable and affordable sinks can help mitigate the effects of COVID19, and possibly prevent future outbreaks.

A package of more than VND 2.4 billion is provided to assist disadvantaged women and primary schools to access clean water, handwashing, and sanitation to prevent and control COVID-19 epidemic

The portability of HappyTap can help in ensuring people’s hygiene and keep them protected whether they are at home or on the move.

WaterSHED’s HappyTap portable sink has been chosen as a finalist for the World Design Impact Prize.

Experts design colourful plastic sink to aid hygiene in country where lack of sanitation kills thousands every year

Children in Cambodia won't have a problem keeping their hands clean thanks to this frog-themed hand-washing device.

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A small plastic box decorated with smiling frogs and a bright green logo, LaBobo looks like a toy, but it could help prevent thousands of people from getting sick with diarrhoea and other diseases.