Lifebuoy, the world’s number one hygiene soap brand, recently broke the Guinness World Record on Global Handwashing Day (GHD) for ‘The Most Number of Viewers of a Hand Hygiene Lesson Video on YouTube’.
The lesson, taught through a worldwide virtual classroom, imparted the important message of handwashing with soap to teachers, parents and kids from Sri Lanka and across the globe. Having already helped over 3.5 million Sri Lankan people develop better handwashing habits, improve their hygiene, and protect themselves against preventable diseases, Lifebuoy launched a series of interactive games aimed at driving digital behavioural change, along with a hygiene-focused alphabet, the company said in a media release.
In 2020, inspired by how children learn their A, B, C’s, Lifebuoy set out on a mission to transform the way the letter H is taught. The brand launched the “H for Handwashing” multi-year campaign carrying a simple message: While H is for hat, horse, and hippo…H must also stand for Handwashing!
The virtual classroom brought together a panel of experts comprising Rico Hizon, CNN Anchor and broadcast journalist; Roberta Golinkoff, academic and author of over 14 books on early childhood learning; Kajol Devgn, award-winning Indian actress and global handwashing advocate; along with members from the Rotaract District 3220 for Sri Lanka and Maldives, teachers, parents, educators and children from over 30 countries around the world.
The release said Lifebuoy also announced its partnership with Sesame Workshop at the event to launch the brand’s first set of digital behavioural change games starring Sesame Workshop’s beloved muppets, Elmo, Raya, Cookie Monster, and Grover that taught children that H is for Handwashing!
In Sri Lanka, Lifebuoy supported the classroom event via mainstream media, social media, and trade activations by partnering with celebrities Bhathiya Jayakody, Santhush Weeraman and Sachini Ayendra as well as trade partners - Keells and Glomark. The brand also marked the event by collaborating with Pre-Schools to install 39 handwashing units across 8 locations in Colombo, thereby impacting 1,500 children.
Nilushi Jayatileke, Beauty & Personal Care and Head of Corporate Communications, Unilever Sri Lanka said, “Lifebuoy has championed handwashing for over a decade in Sri Lanka, bringing about awareness and educating local communities about the importance of hand hygiene through Lifebuoy’s hand hygiene programme. We are also proud to host a long-standing behavioural change programme with schools which has positively impacted children for generations. As we seek new ways of instilling good hand hygiene habits in children, we are pleased to take our H for Handwashing campaign to the next level after a successful year of launching this movement in Sri Lanka. With our first ever worldwide virtual classroom, we hope to change children’s perception of handwashing from a chore to fun moments of the day, by reinvigorating to teachers, parents and kids, the importance of handwashing with soap at the right moments.”
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