Kimberly-Clark Offers Scholarships for COVID-19 Prevention Training with GBAC

To address the needs of cleaning professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, Kimberly-Clark Professional has announced a new scholarship program to help smaller cleaning organizations provide critical training on infectious disease prevention and control measures for their employees. The program is in collaboration with ISSA and the Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC), a Division of ISSA.
 
The GBAC Fundamentals Online Course is focused on prevention, response, and control measures for biohazards in the workplace—with a special emphasis on infection and contamination control measures for infectious disease outbreak situations such as SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19. More information about the course can be found here.

Through Kimberly-Clark Professional’s US$500,000 donation, more than 10,000 cleaning professionals across the globe will be able to complete the GBAC Fundamentals Online Course at no cost. Smaller businesses, who may not have otherwise been able to fund this training for their employees, are given priority placement into the program.
 
In addition, the program has a goal of 50% of scholarships going to females and will support a mentorship program in partnership with the ISSA Hygieia Network, the first women’s network for the global cleaning community dedicated to the advancement of women in the cleaning industry. As part of the scholarship program, recipients can sign up to be mentored by volunteers from Kimberly-Clark Professional.

To apply for the scholarship or get more information, visit www.issa.com/kcp-scholarships.