Company Profile

Germ’s Journey is a charity that aims to tackle infection by educating children on one of the simplest and most effective infection prevention measures: effective handwashing.
Germ’s Journey exists to create better health for everyone through infection prevention education globally. Our mission is to educate a billion children on everyday infection prevention by 2030 by developing educational resources, training and research that enables lifelong infection prevention learning.

Approach to Healthcare

We now live in a world where everyone has experienced the spread of infection on a global scale. Pre pandemic, we knew infection prevention was important. Post pandemic, everyone has felt the impact of why. This increased awareness is an opportunity we need to grasp and build on. Germ’s Journey believe that infection prevention education creates better health for everyone. By teaching children how to protect themselves and others from germs, we can improve the health of families and communities today and impact future generations. We can prevent avoidable illnesses and save lives.

Impact of Products/​Services on Healthcare:

To date, Germ’s Journey have trained over 300 teachers and reached more than 58,000 children directly around the world. We operate in three continents and our resources are already available in 11 languages. Germ’s Journey has distributed over 10,000 hand-hygiene packs and donated over 7,500 books to schools, healthcare settings and community centres worldwide.

Innovation

Germ’s Journey co-create educational resources and training that recognise varying needs across different age groups and cultures to enable learning for all. We align with the WHO’s Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, which puts education at the forefront. Germ’s Journey leads research to measure impact, ensuring that behaviours and attitudes are changed because of our work.

Future Direction

Germ’s Journey’s mission is to educate one billion children on everyday infection prevention by 2030. We are continuously working with specialists and end-users to co-create accessible, culturally relevant educational resources around the world, to give more children the health foundation of infection prevention education.

As part of a global health education campaign for World Hand Hygiene Day, on 2nd May 2025, Germ’s Journey is asking schools all around the world to join together to learn all about hand hygiene and why it’s so important to keep us healthy. Find out more at: https://www.germsjourney.com/about/world-hand-hygiene-day-2025/

Join us and teach children how to protect themselves, and those they love, for life.