HYDERABAD: Youngistaan Foundation, with support from UNICEF, distributed over 1,500 hand hygiene kits to garbage collectors from the city on Monday.
The kits, given to 60 garbage collectors at an event held near Charminar, comprised two liquid handwash bottles, one antiseptic liquid bottle, a pair of latex hand gloves, three detergent soaps, four reusable masks, one nail cutter and communication materials on Covid-19 precautionary measures.
This was done as part of their ‘We Volunteer’ programme that aims at training 5,000 young volunteers in Telangana on Covid-19 appropriate WASH behaviour. They also hope to enable these volunteers to act as torch-bearers in their respective communities to prevent and arrest the spread of Covid-19.
“These hygiene kits will not only help them but also inculcate in them proper hygiene habits, necessary during this pandemic,” said Bandaru Dattatreya, governor of Haryana, while inaugurating the event.
While thanking the GHMC and UNICEF for their support, Arun Daniel Yellamaty, founder of Youngistaan, pointed out how garbage collectors do a lot for the community and are more vulnerable during this pandemic.
“We will keep working with them even in the coming days,” he said.
