Baxter China, a branch of the United States-based medical technology provider, is promoting awareness of children's health and hygiene.

The company provided healthcare education and donated hygienic necessities to Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Sichuan province earlier this month.

Employees from Baxter China volunteered to travel to Hongguang village in Liangshan, the prefecture located inside the mountainous areas of Sichuan, to take gifts to children at their first school-opening ceremony.

This is the second trip the company employees have made to improve the health condition of children since they launched the "Liangshan Yi-minority Children Community Health Project" at the end of 2015. 

Due to its geographic feature, Liangshan has been suffering from inconvenient transportation, which has led to slow local economic growth and made the region one of the most poverty-stricken parts of China.

Restricted by its economy, children from the local area have barely received any hygiene education.

It includes washing hands before eating, no drinking of bacteria-ridden tap water and proper way to brush their teeth.

Therefore, Baxter has brought a wide range of daily supplies to them, such as toothpaste and brushes, soap and thermos bottles - and offered instructions on daily behaviors.

Volunteers have also taught local children to practise healthy habits in daily life through interactive activities.

They taught students to sing a Baxter-composed song, and popularize common knowledge of healthcare at a classroom activity.

The children have shown a strong interest in learning and engaging in the activities.

Xing Ruolun, one of Baxter's volunteers, said: "It is the first time I came to Liangshan and I realized how urgent it is to raise local awareness in basic hygiene education."

"I'm glad that I can come here to offer my help to these students and bring positive changes to their lives," Xing said.

The volunteers have also visited about 10 families in mountainous areas of Sichuan.

Those families having children with disabilities or illness, were in urgent need of medical attention and aid.

The volunteers brought daily necessities to those families and collected their information to give further support in the future.

Echoing the country's Healthy China 2030 blueprint, a national health outline issued by the State Council last year, Baxter said it has been working on expanding access to healthcare for children in need for a long time.

Zheng Wenjie, chairman of the corporate responsibility committee for Baxter China, said the company will fully support its staff to hold charity events.

It will also be innovative in the ways to improve children's nutritional status under the 2030 health plan, Zheng said.

Until now, Baxter has organized many nonprofit events in its initiative to improve the health condition of people in Liangshan, together with its partner Humana People to People China, an international organization to fight poverty.

In the prefecture, the project has provided physical exams for 200 local children and established the first local health condition information base in the region in order to further follow up and provide necessary support.

More than 1,300 households in Yuexi county of the prefecture were encouraged to form 40 Health Action Self-help Groups to raise their awareness of healthcare via lectures and tutorials.

Medical training was also provided to 12 medical workers in the county.

To ensure the children have access to adequate nutrition in their daily meals, the project also organized training in farming for healthier food resources.

Since entering China in 1989, Baxter has worked closely with China's government and medical providers in improving healthcare of Chinese people through works concerning local manufacturing, home care, training and education, the company said.