An inaugural event and workshop was organised at Naveen Secondary School at Chunabhatti, Kolar Road and at Maulana Azad Institute of Technology (MANIT) on Tuesday.
It was under the partnership of UNICEF and MANIT to develop innovative handwashing tools to facilitate Hand Hygiene for All (HH4A), a global initiative of WHO and UNICEF.The strategic partnership took place in amid of COVID19 under which supported the technical team of MANIT that developed two “Smart IoT Sensor-Based Handwashing Station” which are also equipped with nudging cues to facilitate evidence-based handwashing with soap interventions for behavioral change in Government School and Community Healthcare centre at Chunabhatti, Kolar Road, Bhopal.
The inaugural and workshop had the presence of Margaret Gwada, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Madhya Pradesh as a Chief Guest along with Anil Gulati, Communication Specialist, UNICEF Madhya Pradesh, Nageshwar Patidar, WASH Officer, UNICEF Madhya Pradesh, Manmohan Kapshe, Dean (R&C) MANIT, Bhopal, NS Raghuwanshi Director, MANIT, Bhopal and dignitaries from Rajya Shiksha Kendra, National Health Mission.
Margaret Gwada, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Madhya Pradesh said, “I congratulate all stakeholders who have carved a way to combine technology with humanitarian development and have set an example for the country. UNICEF and its global and local partners have always played a significant role in creating platforms to exchange ideas and promote adoptable solutions and continue to do so. The IoT based system offers a universal model with in-built child-friendly features that aim to promote hand hygiene for all. It also encourages water conservation while pushing for improved behaviour by nudging the users in appropriate situations. Furthermore, it offers a Model of Curiosity for children that unfolds a scope to develop them as Change Agents. I feel energetic and thrilled that young and bright engineering minds have brought this solution to solve global humanitarian challenges.I again congratulate all the stakeholders from MANIT, Government and my colleagues from UNICEF for this remarkable feat.
