Promoting Real Healthy Families: Home Economics

With new up coming diseases such as Ebola, COVID-229 and many others; according to Kole Intellectual Forum, a Community Based Organization that cares about the life of the community they are working for; they have launched a campaign and an advocacy that is focusing on the matters of concern on the issues of hygiene and Sanitation in their area.

To have the most effective hygiene and sanitation campaigns in this areas; Kole Intellectual Forum is using a multifaceted, community-centric approach that has combined awareness-raising and the the provision of necessary infrastructure ( such as liquid soap and advocate to them to ensure that they use clean water for drinking), with the hope that they build a long-term behavioral change that meets the international healthy standards. This campaign and advocacy has been used through these underlying strategies;  

• Community-Led Initiatives: that is engaging the community in identifying and addressing their specific hygiene problems. Approaches like Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST) empower local members to take ownership of sanitation improvements, which is crucial for sustainability.
• Education and Awareness: by also conducting educational workshops on topics such as hand washing techniques, safe food handling, and proper waste disposal methods. These session's are made to be interactive, using methods like drama, role-plays, songs, and visual materials such as posters and cartoons, tailored to local cultural norms and literacy levels.
• Infrastructure Provision: that is when education must be complemented by tangible resources. This includes improving access to: safe drinking water.; functional sanitation facilities (latrines); and hand washing stations with soap in homes, schools, and public places like markets and so on.