ABOUT 1,000 villagers and primary school students in Russey Keo district’s Tuol Sangke commune attended a ceremony Wednesday [03 September 2008] celebrating Phnom Penh’s first Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) day.
WASH day emphasised the importance of washing hands in order to prevent the spread of disease.
Mann Chhoeun, deputy governor of Phnom Penh, and Katherine Crawford, director of USAID‘s office of Public Health and Education, led the morning ceremony by engaging in a hand-washing display, before about 20 school children who joined in, eager to scrub their palms.
Read more: Phnom Penh Post, 04 Sep 2008
