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Awareness Session for Children on the Importance of Personal Hygiene in Light of the Global Spread of COVID-19

Neglecting personal hygiene is considered one of the most important health problems that children suffer greatly from. Therefore, an awareness session was implemented on the 3rd of March, 2020, in cooperation with UNHCR, with the aim of raising awareness on the importance of caring for and maintaining public hygiene at the current time.


Twenty-two boys and girls attended the session that evolved around the importance of hygiene care, and the best ways to wash their hands and sterilize them, whereby a doctor from the local community volunteered to implement the latter. During the session, explanatory videos and slides_ which included the correct ways to wash hands, the importance of using sterilizers, avoiding uncovered foods, foods that strengthen the immunity, important tips for general hygiene, an educational video on how to care for hygiene, and the importance of visiting a doctor when needed_ were presented. Later on, these children had a practical session where they applied what they had learned from the videos and slides.


Furthermore, the children interacted greatly during the session, and directed several questions to the doctor, who in turn answered them all.


At the end of the session, the doctor was thanked for his considerable efforts, who in turn expressed his gratitude by saying: "Thank you for your constant protection and caring for children. I consider this to be the duty of every member of society, whereby no one should fail to provide his experiences or information in order to protect children from all kinds of danger!"

 

International Women's Day (An equal world is an enabled world)

"The woman is always to blame whereas, the man is not accused of anything, but only woman is the one they talk about", "you weren't born to learn, but to work at home", with these phrases some women and adolescents participate in the event held by the Syrian Society for Social Development team in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the occasion of International Women's Day in Sinjar Center - Idlib countryside aimed of raising awareness about the concept of the importance of gender equality, under the slogan (equal world is an enabled world) for all age groups (women - men – male and female adolescents) on March seventh.

The number of attendees was approximately 110, The event included a demonstrative video on the importance of celebrating International Women's Day on March 8, the legal aspect was clarified by a lawyer of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to talk about women's rights in the Syrian law ,the importance of gender equality and the importance of female health care and its reflection on her psyche and equality of both men and women in this field. At the end of the event, some attendees said:
"Today we know that a woman is equal to man, and has an important role in society,
And she has to demand her rights, thank you for all the awareness that you have provided.

 

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