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Don’t Neglect The Importance Of Non-Food Items!

  • By finchzane
  • 02 Oct, 2017
Don’t Neglect The Importance Of Non-Food Items

We normally hear the phrase that food items are really important for our survival and for full-filling our nutritional needs. That is true, there is no objection on it at all. But as much as the food items are important, the non-foods are important as well.

When it’s about the emergency situations and disaster, the focus mainly is on the food products again. But in that situation as well, non-food holds a key importance in facilitating towards survival.

In the emergency situations, the NGO’s and human relief organizations tends to be proactive to help people with the food items and others. But, it’s necessary for us as well to help out the effected people with the non-food Items as follows.

For Personal Hygiene:

The personal hygiene of a person is really important. It is what keeps him healthy and saves him from different diseases as well. The list of the non-foods which are really essential for the personal hygiene are as follows.

  • Toothpaste and Toothbrush
  • Shampoos and Conditioners
  • Soaps, Face Wash and Body Wash
  • Hand Sanitizers
  • Towels
  • Tissues
  • Deodorant
  • Shaving Cream and After Shaves

That’s the list of the most important non-foods which can help us remain clean and healthy. The cleanliness is really necessary for every one of us. If we will remain clean every time, it will actually keep the diseases away from us and help us remain healthy.

For Cleaning Purposes:

It’s actually important for every sort of cleaning purposes as well. We are supposed to keep our utensils and daily use other items clean. It will keep the germs and infectious viruses away to keep us safe from their side effects. Here are some of the necessary non-foods which are necessary for the cleaning purposes.

  • Dishwashers
  • Laundry Detergents
  • Bleach
  • Sanitizers
  • Tissues
  • Napkins
  • Mops and Wipers

These items are really important to keep the dirt, germs, mess and different viruses away. All this will help us keep things clean and will also be really effective in providing us safety from different diseases which normally occurs because of it. So in a disaster or emergency situation, it is necessary to include all these items in the lot of the disaster relief supplies.

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