The main goal of this challenge was to raise awareness to water waste while we do common tasks such as washing our hands throughout the day. Especially in times such as these, where hand hygiene is increasingly important, we wanted to encourage the participants to reflect on water waste and how they can adopt simple solutions to help fix this problem.
With this activity, the participants learned about the potential waste of water during a simple action like washing their hands, and were alerted to the importance of closing the tap to avoid this waste.
This challenge was posted both on Facebook and on Instagram stories, to reach the highest number of followers and participants possible. The participants were challenged to close their taps while washing their hands (a very important step in the prevention of coronavirus infection).
As a result, many volunteers and students started paying more attention to the amount of water wasted not only when they washed their hands, but also when doing other tasks, like doing their dishes, cooking, showering.