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Celebrate Global Handwashing Day with a good scrub

In the past five years, an estimated 1.1 million children's lives have been saved with a little help from soap and water.

MUMBAI, INDIA - OCTOBER 15: CEO & MD of Unilever India, Nitin Paranjpe (L) and Bollywood movie actress, Kajol (R) attend a Global Handwashing Day event at Worli Seaface Mumbai Municipal Corporation School on October 15, 2012 in Mumbai, India.

Ritam Banerjee

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