Best of 2021: The story behind Meena Cartoon

Looking back at the many campaigns, videos and infomercials stressed on the importance of handwashing when the Covid-19 pandemic took the world under its control recently, Samin Rijal, a young woman in Kathmandu, remembered her childhood days when she used to receive handwashing lessons from TV more effectively from a children’s show–Meena Cartoon–than the TV messages today.

“In school times, I used to get so excited about Meena Cartoon. The characters, Meena and Raju, and the story were all exciting,” Rijal, in her late-20s says, “But the one thing I learned that stayed with me was to wash my hands before and after my meals.”