SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: Changing sanitation and hygiene habits through a club in Matongo, DRC
| dc.contributor.author | Beesley, Jane | * |
| dc.contributor.author | Feeny, Emma | * |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-05T15:39:11Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-05T15:39:11Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-04-01 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10546/608377 | en |
| dc.description | <p><span>In the past, sanitation was poor and illnesses such as diarrhoea were rife in Matongo, a semi-urban village in South Kivu. Defecation used to take place mostly in the bush, hand-washing with soap or ash wasn’t practised, the importance of hygiene in preparing food wasn’t understood, and discarded rubbish rotted in the roads.</span></p> <p><span>Under the SWIFT programme, Tearfund with the support of Africa AHEAD set up a Community Health Club: a free, voluntary club which holds weekly discussions on health and hygiene topics. As a result, the village has been transformed. Awareness of the importance of good hygiene practices has improved dramatically.</span></p> <p><span>Villagers have noticed an improvement not just in their environment, but in their health and their sense of community. The incidence of sicknesses has fallen, and villagers are enjoying a new community spirit.</span></p> | en |
| dc.format.extent | 2 | en |
| dc.language.iso | English | en |
| dc.publisher | Oxfam | en |
| dc.publisher | Tearfund | en |
| dc.publisher | Overseas Development Institute | en |
| dc.publisher | SWIFT Consortium | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | SWIFT Stories of Sustainable Change | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/swift-story-of-sustainable-change-changing-sanitation-and-hygiene-habits-throug-608377 | en |
| dc.subject | Humanitarian | |
| dc.subject | Approach and methodology | |
| dc.subject | Gender | |
| dc.subject | Health | |
| dc.subject | Water, sanitation and hygiene | |
| dc.title | SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: Changing sanitation and hygiene habits through a club in Matongo, DRC | en |
| dc.type | Case study | en |
| oxfam.signoff.status | For public use – can be shared outside Oxfam | en |
| oxfam.subject.country | The Democratic Republic of Congo | en |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Active citizenship | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Capacity building | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Community building | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Health promotion | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Maternal and child health | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Participation | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Water and sanitation | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Wellbeing | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Sustainability | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Sustainable development | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Humanitarian practice | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | MDGs | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Millenium Development Goals | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Development methods | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | WASH | |
| dc.year.issuedate | 2016 | en |
| dc.year.issuedate | 2016 | en |
| dc.year.issuedate | 2016 | en |
| dc.year.issuedate | 2016 | en |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-20T11:33:51Z |
