In Baghlan province, the Kator Foundation has run hygiene awareness training sessions specifically for men. The sessions cover the basics of personal and household hygiene, safe water handling, sanitation, and the simple daily practices that prevent illness from spreading through a family. For many of the men who attended, it was the first time anyone had spoken to them directly about these topics.
Most hygiene programs in Afghanistan focus on women, and for good reason. But the men in a household make many of the decisions that shape family health — what gets bought at the bazaar, where the latrine is built, whether the children are taken to a clinic when they are sick. When fathers and household heads understand basic hygiene, the whole family is safer.
This program was made possible by our donors. Your support paid for the materials, the trainers, and the simple act of bringing men together to talk about something that no one had taken the time to teach them before.
We believe that real public health starts in the home, with the people who run it. By including men in this conversation, we help build healthier households from the inside out — and that is the kind of change that lasts.