Durban corporates promote good hand hygiene
Willowton and Pick n Pay had a donation target of 750,000 bars of soap.
SOAP and water reigns supreme when it comes to combatting the spread of the novel Covid-19 virus which is at the heart of the global Coronavirus pandemic, and Willowton Group and Pick n Pay School Club recently resumed delivering donations of bars of soap to schools in need.
“Although lockdown regulations have been eased and more and more learners are now returning to school, we are urged not to become complacent. Touching surfaces with one’s hands remains a way of transmitting this virus and we need to continue educating young South Africans about the importance of washing their hands. Soap and water will not only keep this virus in check but help to eradicate it from our shores,” said Deon Calthorpe, sales and marketing executive at Willowton Group.
Willowton Group has provided the soap while Pick n Pay School Club has ensured that the bars reach schools and vulnerable learners through its network of over 3,000 schools across the country.
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Just 11 days before hard lockdown in March, 370,074 soaps reached classrooms across the country before schools closed. Deliveries resumed in August and the remaining bars of soaps reached learners by the end of October. Certain Pick n Pay stores also handed soap bars out to pensioners.
By the time this project ended in October, over 750,000 bars of soap worth around R5 million will have been supplied to young learners across the country. The vision was for over 400 schools to receive a bar of soap for each learner.
Suzanne Ackerman-Berman, transformation director at Pick n Pay, said the School Club was the perfect way to distribute the hundreds of bars of soap donated by Willowton.
“Our School Club works closely with local communities and helps us reach more than two million learners annually with curriculum-aligned education material to support the learners’ development. During the lockdown, we’ve intensified this support by providing food parcels and basic hygiene products. Through this partnership with Willowton, we have helped reinforce that good hand hygiene habits are a key ingredient in fighting the spread of this virus,” said Ackerman-Berman.
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