Polio Camp at Faisal Public School Multan, Pakistan

Posted on | April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

Mr. Babar is MKFC teacher training student. He is working as teacher in Faisal Public School Multan, Pakistan.

Health and cleanliness is an important theme of MKFC teacher training course where students learn to practice this approach in their authentic learning environment.

During his project Mr. Babar arranged a Polio vaccination camp in his school and made an interview with vaccinator, parents and school principal to show the challenges and awareness regarding health, cleanliness and vaccination. During the interview the vaccinator described that how it was difficult in the beginning to convince people about vaccination.

Initially, people believed that this vaccination is a source for family planning and sterilization but later they realized after having awareness about its benefits that vaccine prevents them to suffer from many epidemics. She said that for a single vaccinator, its difficult to cover such huge area to go every single home. She recommended that it would have been better if people could arrange this kind of camps where many children could meet and have vaccine together. One of the mothers in her interview showed her satisfaction about the importance of health and cleanliness education in the school with formal learning. She said that schoolteachers make every child to learn to wash their hands with soap before having every meal.

We believe that these kinds of camps not only provide the possibility to give vaccines to the children but a great source of awareness regarding different diseases. They provide a common platform to children, parents, health personals and schoolteachers to think, learn, care and share their experiences.

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