Health Kit
Health kits provide basic necessities to people who have been forced to leave
their homes because of human conflict or natural disaster. Health kits are also
used as learning tools in personall hygiene, literacy, nutrition and cooking
classes. When people gain the knowledge and materials to maintain personal
hygiene, their overall health improves.
1 hand towel (15"X 25" up to 17"X 27")
1 washcloth
1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-size)
1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toe nail clippers)
1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)
1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper)
1 large tube of toothpaste (expiration date must be 6 months or longer in
advance of the date of shipment to UMCOR Sager Brown)
6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
Gallon zip lock bags