WASH Team loaded and delivered 6,930 Colgate Oral Hygiene kits
In the early Santiago morning, The Pueblo a Pueblo Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) In Schools Project team filled a pickup truck to the brim with boxes of carefully counted oral hygiene kits. Each contained a toothbrush, Colgate toothpaste and an interactive brushing calendar to promote healthy habits. In total 6,930 students from 56 schools within two municipalities received a kit.
This was the second year Pueblo a Pueblo and Colgate were partnering for the “Brilliant Smiles, Brilliant Futures” campaign. The partnership promotes personal hygiene as a tool for academic, personal and social success.
“When a kid feels confident in her autonomy and practices it through oral hygiene upkeep, she feels more empowered to have autonomy over other aspects of her life, including academics,” says Carlos Soberanis, the Colgate representative.
This was the second year Pueblo a Pueblo and Colgate were partnering for the “Brilliant Smiles, Brilliant Futures” campaign. The partnership promotes personal hygiene as a tool for academic, personal and social success.
“When a kid feels confident in her autonomy and practices it through oral hygiene upkeep, she feels more empowered to have autonomy over other aspects of her life, including academics,” says Carlos Soberanis, the Colgate representative.
Carlos Soberanis leading an oral hygiene workshop for beneficiary school directors
Soberanis led a workshop for directors from our beneficiary schools, offering tips to use in schools to encourage good hygiene. The directors could then take the tips they learned and the kits back to their schools. Soberanis also demonstrated proper brushing techniques and explained the health consequences of not establishing an oral hygiene routine at a young age.
“It’s important to collaborate with the directors of the schools because they have authority to encourage the implementation of what they learn at the workshop,” says Pablo Eulogio, the Pueblo a Pueblo WASH Project Coordinator.
“It’s important to collaborate with the directors of the schools because they have authority to encourage the implementation of what they learn at the workshop,” says Pablo Eulogio, the Pueblo a Pueblo WASH Project Coordinator.
Distributing oral hygiene kits to beneficiary school directors
The Colgate and Pueblo a Pueblo partnership aligns with our WASH mission because it recognizes and reinforces the relationship between preventative health, hygiene and the success of our students.
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