Hygiene Festival: May 18th -Flag Day

May 18th is a day of celebration in Haiti. It is recognized as flag day. Yet this day for our hygiene program was more significant than just a celebration of the flag. It was also a day of recognition of the great work our hygiene team did in the area. There were no massive disease outbreaks in any of our camps we were doing hygiene promotion in. Our hygiene team was even selected from various NGOs as one of the key hygiene teams in the area. May 18th marked the day where the team was invited to a big hygiene and sanitation festival. We marched, danced and sang hygiene messages through the streets of Grand Goave. Our team brought a wave of hygiene stickers and songs. Myriam, one of our team leaders, even wrote a hygiene R&B song. The more we are in Haiti the more we realize how important it is to celebrate any successes in Haiti. With the joy of celebration comes hope. Needless to say, this day has been one of my favorite days in Haiti.

The Team












Our Hand washing Stickers - that people loved to put up all over town