Hygiene Quest and it Waves of Impact – DEAN

“We didn’t know we were out to make such impact as hygiene behaviour change now reach over 1 million students”, campaign leader, Semiye Michael; Executive Director, DEAN initiative

DEAN is Nigeria’s largest local action mobilization youth organisation for SDGs. In 2018 DEAN launched a national SDGs Activation that mobilized over 5 million students and youth to take practical action for the SDGs. The Project received commendation from the UN DSG and several other notable leaders.

Hygiene Quest is another breakthrough from DEAN that calls for action for the SDGs 3, 4 & 6. An initiative that started in Lagos in 2020 helped the Lagos State government safely managed safe school reopening post covid-19. The project worked with passionate young people who volunteered as Hygiene Education Volunteers.

One of the high points of the project is it fight against hygiene product poverty. Through the support of Dettol Soap, the projects supplied over 80,000 students with hygiene products kits.
From Lagos, the initiative has received warm embrace and since scaled into other States reaching over 1 million students.

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The youth volunteers joining the initiative are sharing inspiring stories of their impactful work.