The Engineering Division of Rosatom State Corporation organised a series of educational events aimed at improving the safety culture among the school children in the Rooppur NPP construction region. The programme was supported by the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) and the Public Information Centre on Nuclear at Ishwardi.
As part of the programme, a gala event was held at the Maniknagar Girls High School on October 15 to celebrate Global Handwashing Day. The event under the slogan “Handwashing is your superpower” was participated by 535 students from 5 schools of Ishwardi. The main goal is to show how simple handwashing with soap and water can effectively fight numerous diseases.
Before the event started, students of the Manik Nagar Girls High School organized a cultural program. The girls presented traditional Bangladeshi dances, songs, and recitations of poems among others. Nina Dementsova, Head of the Communications Department of Atomstroyexport (ASE), and Engineer Md. Ashraful Islam, Site Director of the Rooppur NPP addressed the schoolchildren. In his speech, Ashraful Islam spoke about the safety systems of the Rooppur NPP and noted, “I have never seen such an interesting and large-scale event on a safety culture for children before. Children are the future of our country, and through them, the message of the importance of safety culture will be spread among all the inhabitants of our region.”
Nina Dementsova emphasized the importance of simple hand washing for the life and health of people. “We all know that personal hygiene is very important in people's lives because many diseases can be transmitted through dirty hands. Therefore, it is necessary to teach hygiene to a child from a very early age,” she said.
Dr. Muhammad Hasanuzzaman, a doctor from the Upazilla Lalpur Medical Complex, conducted training on disease prevention and demonstrated the correct hand-washing technique. Following that, all participants properly washed their hands with soap in specially prepared washbasins.
At the end of the event, all schoolchildren received leaflets with simple, understandable, and illustrative examples of personal hygiene.
On the next day, a group of students were taken to the factory of Square Toiletries factory in Pabna and they practically saw the production process of personal hygiene materials.
The programme will continue for two-week and as a part of the programme personal hygiene products will be distributed among low-income families in the Rooppur NPP construction region.
The Engineering Division of Rosatom State Corporation is the general designer and general contractor for the construction of Rooppur NPP at Ishwardi.
