Sanitation and Cleanliness for a Healthy Environment 17
Blocking the spread of diarrhea
This activity uses the stories from
the last activity to show how to
prevent or ‘block’ diarrhea from
being spread.
Time: 30 minutes to 1 hour
Materials: large sheet of drawing paper,
colored pens or markers, sticky tape,
story charts from the activity called
“How Diarrhea Diseases Spread.”
➡ Step 1: Work in the same small groups as in the activity called
“How Diarrhea Diseases Spread.” Each group looks at the pictures
from “How Diarrhea Diseases Spread.” They then talk about how to stop
the spread of disease by washing hands, using toilets, protecting food
and water, and so on. Each of these actions is a ‘barrier’ that blocks the
spread of diarrhea.
➡ Step 2: When the group has agreed on what barriers will
stop the spread of germs, each person draws a picture that
shows one way to stop the spread of diarrhea diseases.
➡ Step 3: The group then talks about how to change the story from
“How diarrhea diseases spread” to “How to stop diarrhea.” Where do
the new drawings fit in the story so that they will stop the
spread of illness? The new drawings are taped in place in
the old story to show how the story can change.
➡ Step 4: Each group shows its new stories. The whole
group talks about which disease barriers they use and
which ones they do not use. Do all the disease barriers
work all the time? Why, or why not? Why is it hard to
use some of these barriers? How can the community work
together to make sure that diarrhea diseases do not spread?