Hand Hygiene
God is faithful and true! This is our second day at SIITA NEST and the kids are waiting for more education. I realized we only have a few soap to go around.
Here's part of the Hand Hygiene segment of the day. This was put together at 3:00 am inside Cottage number 102:
"Our hands are important part of our bodies. God gave us our hands so we can do many things. Without our hands we can't touch and feel things. We can't hold each other. We can't hold things, objects. We can't touch our face. We can't drive, although I know of people who can do these things without their hands and by using their feet! With God nothing is impossible!
What other ways can we use our hands on a daily basis? We use our hands for many many things. We eat with our hands. We need our hands to write down or type our thoughts and ideas. Yesterday you learn how to brush your teeth properly. You used your hands and fingers to hold the toothbrush and brush up and down, round and round motions. We use our hands to open things like opening the door. We use our hands to clean our selves, when we take a bath, we use our hands to wash with soap and water. We use our hands when we wash our private areas in the wash room. We use our hands to wave hello and goodbye. What do you do when you greet someone? You some, and you say "how are you?" Then you shake hands. We use our hands to pray, we put our hands together, close our eyes and pray. We can do many many things with our hands. Our hands can also carry germs from one person to another. If a person is sick, when we sneeze, we tend to cover our mouths with our hands. The germs from our mouth and the mucous that came out from our nostrils are now in our hands. Imagine the germs now in your hands!"
Activities for younger children:
1) Sing the "Hand Song": I have two hands, the left and the right, hold them up high so clean and bright. Clap them softly, one, two, three. Clean little hands are good to see!"
2) Trace both their hands on a paper with crayons and may color them to their liking. Write down their names.
For older children: Draw a picture of ways that we use our hands.
I think these pictures truly speak for itself on how the children see themselves using their hands.
Additional teaching for older children:
Many years ago people are dying from having surgeries. No matter how careful the doctors are with their procedures, people are still dying, not from the surgery but from infection. So there was an investigation and it was found that the infection was due to doctors, nurses and other health care members are not washing their hands properly. The germs on their hands are transferred from patient to patient.
We are going to wash our hands with soap and water and while washing we are going to sing, "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" or you can also sing the "Happy Birthday Song".
Lillian helping with hand hygiene
Dinner at Julius and Margaret
Pastor Perry and Team A were invited for an African dinner at the residence of Juluis and Margaret. We sort of got lost thinking their house is nearby The Rivers of Life Church in Jinja when all along they are a few stones throw away from SIITA NEST. It was all worth it getting lost for a short time. When we got at the house we realized that we are high atop the hill overlooking Lake Victoria. Beautiful sight it was but I had to get inside the house of I'll be dinner for the mosquitoes that might be carrying the malaria virus.
We had chapati, african rice, goat stew and fried chicken. We had Laura go last because she loves the chapati to death and we're worried that there will be none for us if she goes first. For dessert we had fresh pineapple. We fellowship and worshipped. Joshua, son of the Julius and Margaret took out his guitar. The rest of the night were spent worshipping and singing to Jesus. Our stomach were full with delicious authentic African foods. Our hearts were full of love and admiration for Jesus as we ready to leave for the night. The mosquitoes were just waiting for us! Mind you of all the nights, that night the electricity went off so we end up with a candle light dinner high atop the hill overlooking Lake Victoria. Wonderful family of God.
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