Hygiene kits

Christoper ‘Toper’ Cabalhiw (right), a local volunteer working with Oxfam as a Public Health Promoter, organising a relay hand washing race between two teams of children. Oxfam public health promotion activity aimed at encouraging children to understand why and how to wash their hands and use the latrines.(Photo:Jane Beesley/Oxfam)

Haiyan three months after: Taking public health at the frontline

Oxfam is one of the lead agencies working to ensure people have safe water, hygiene and sanitation facilities (WASH work) following typhoon Haiyan. Within the first three months of Oxfam’s response, over 200,000 people have been provided with clean water and over 8,500 people have received...