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Clean hands, healthy kids

In Manila, a mothers group partnered with school administration to implement two different Agents of Change initiatives that would make improvements to handwashing stations at a public elementary school. The result was a cleaner, safer and healthier environment for schoolchildren and increased awareness of hand hygiene.

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Mirza, the mother of a sponsored child, and her husband took a leap of faith after both losing their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and opened a spice shop in Lima, Peru. With the help of an Unbound Small Business Accelerator grant, the family was able to expand their products and increase their sales, encouraging them to make future plans to become wholesale distributors.