Cotabato City eyes hand washing world record

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1012749
• Sunday, October 15, 2017

By Edwin Fernandez (PNA)

COTABATO CITY -- The Department of Education (DepED)-Cotabato City Division will attempt to set a Guinness record when the world observes the forthcoming Global Hand Washing Day.

Alex Matugas, DepED-Cotabato City water sanitation and hygiene focal person, said the event will take place on Oct. 17, along a two-kilometer stretch of Sinsuat Avenue here.

“We aim to set a world record with a highest number of children participating in the proper and correct and right hand washing in one setting,” Matugas said.

He noted that they expect some 5,000 children washing hands in 105 units of hand washing facilities along the road in front of the City Hall up to Sero Elementary School, both on Sinsuat Avenue. The thoroughfare would be temporarily closed for the event.

The longest hand washing facility and the children performing the right hand washing aims to send a message on the importance of proper hygiene.

“Correct hand washing is like hitting two birds with one stone – to have clean hands and to avoid common diseases like diarrhea, cholera, hepatitis, among others,” he said.