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Our focus is teaching health through songs and games.
Over the last 2 years, a team of UC Berkeley students under Haas Professor David Levine have developed a curriculum to teach preventative health in underprivileged regions. In prototyping our materials, we learned the most effective way to change behavior is through interactive styles of learning, such as stories, games, and songs. We now work with students and faculty at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as well as local experts from Asia, Africa, and South America to improve our materials.
The last two summers we piloted our lessons in Chennai, India. The children enjoyed our material and more importantly, adopted healthier habits. We have adapted our curriculum to incorporate the researchers' feedback and suggestions.
We have started preliminary development on other health topics, such as Respiratory Infections, and Malaria.
We have a team of eight students working on various aspects of the project to teach as much basic health as possible and to also create the best developed educational activities.
The money will be used primarily to fund the printing and development of educational supplies as well as to pay a woman in India who does data collection and testing of our product. She is critical to our success as she is the one who gives us feedback on whether our activities are working or not.
Thank you very much for reading this and we hope that you will donate to our project. For additional information on our project, visit this link: http://hygieneheroes.berkeley.edu/
-Hygiene Heroes Team
Our sincerest gratitude, and recognition on our donor wall.
Allows us to provide 5 classrooms with soap and soapy bottles for one year. In appreciation, you'll receive a thank you email and access to our blog for this summer.
Enables us to print full color story books and games for several classrooms. In appreciation, you will receive a video of one of the stories being read by one of our students.
Provide cameras, and research equipment. In appreciation, you'll receive a personal thank you note from a student researcher.
Provides pay to our data collecter/liason in India. In appreciation, we will list you as a contributor on a story of your choice.
Cover a UC Berkeley student research assistant's airfare and living expenses to work in the field this summer. In gratitude, we will put your likeness or a character you design in one of our stories.
