Global Hand washing day is celebrated on October 15 since its inception in 2008 when the year was designated as International Year of Sanitation by the UN General Assembly. In observation of this day the Ministry of Education School Health Unit on Friday held a concert at the David Rose Special School on Thomas Lands, Georgetown to spread awareness among vulnerable groups about the importance of health hygiene and hand washing.
The initiative was organized by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health with support from the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/ WHO).
The ministry in a press release stated that the concert which was attended by a number of primary schools from the city featured songs and poems by pupils and short presentations from