The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), in partnership with Dettol, has inducted 84 pupils from Lagos State schools to promote hand washing and other areas of hygiene among their classmates, teachers, and parents.
The event took place at Lagos City College, Sabo, and was attended by 42 schools and teachers from three local government areas: Surulere, Somolu, and Lagos Mainland. At the Dettol Hygiene Quest Ambassador Induction Workshop, the pupils were inducted as ambassadors and are expected to form Hygiene Quest Clubs in their schools.
The Daily Sun reported that, aside from Lagos State, the Dettol Hygiene Quest initiative also took place in Abuja and Kwara States, and plans are in place to extend it to other states. The event also includes a hand-washing demonstration, the presentation of the Hygiene Quest Club Handbook, a spelling bee competition, feedback from schools, and induction into the club.
The Director of Programming, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, Mr. Williams Awotunde, said, “The event is a pivotal moment where we come together across three LGAs in Lagos, Kwara, and the Federal Capital Territory, to ignite a spark of leadership, responsibility, and transformation. This induction workshop marks the beginning of a journey, a journey where each of you (our Dettol Hygiene Quest Ambassadors) will be the torchbearer of change in your schools and communities.”
Awotunde, who Mr. Daniel Ikwong represented, said the DHQ project was designed with a clear vision to create lasting behavioural change that does not end with a workshop or a campaign, noting that the induction is not the end but the beginning.
“As part of our sustainability plan, we are building a network of Hygiene Quest Clubs in schools, clubs led by you, our ambassadors. These clubs will ensure that hygiene education and advocacy continue long after the banners are taken down and the workshops are concluded,” he said.
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