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 The RAS, Restroom
Association (Singapore) has awarded 15 preschools and schools the World Toilet Day
Commemoration Fund (WTDCF) for organising activities in October and
November to commemorate World
Toilet Day (WTD). Though the amount of the WTDCF - currently capped
at $250 - may be insignificant as compared to other funding for
preschools and schools, it was indeed encouraging to receive 15 applications
before the August deadline which was only three months since the WTDCF
launch in May.
The purpose of extending the WTDCF to
preschools is not only to inculcate good toilet etiquette from young but
also influence the young to better appreciate the good sanitation
standard of Singapore. Apart from the WTDCF for preschools, we also
launched a Happy Toilets
@ Preschools Programme (HTPP) in February this year to improve the
sanitation standard of preschools. In August, we actively participated in
the Pre-school Environmental Education Advisor Networking Session
organised by the National Environment Agency (NEA) to share with more
than 100 preschool principals, teachers and staff about the HTPP which received
strong support with 45 preschools signing up for the programme that day.
The HTPP also received support from tissue
distributor Universal Sovereign Trading (UST), which came in as a sole
HTPP partner to sponsor the HTPP for 40 preschools for the period
of three years. UST also displayed its strong commitment of embracing
corporate social responsibility by becoming our first partner to send its
employees for training so as to help conduct mystery toilet audits under
the Happy Toilet
Programme (HTP). The mystery audits, which are currently only
conducted by volunteers, will help ensure certified Happy Toilets meet the
required standards.
We are heartened to achieve another Happy
Toilet milestone with the certification of bus interchange toilets at
Yishun Bus Interchange for the first time. This has come less than 2
years after Circle Line MRT stations were certified for the first time in
October 2013. While we await more bus interchanges to come on board the
HTP, we also look forward to other public toilet sectors displaying their
commitment to provide quality toilets for everyone.
Ms Tan Puay
Hoon
President
Restroom Association (Singapore)
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