The Sumba Foundation has developed a teaching program focused on nutrition and hygiene education for students. This course is taught to children in grades 4 and 5, and is currently taught in 34 of the primary schools we support. This curriculum generally covers:

• General health information
• Healthy foods and diets
• Personal hygiene (theory and practice)
• Dental hygiene
• Illness (such as diarrhea, malaria, infections)
• Proper waste disposal