YFCA - الاربعاء, 23 فبراير, 2022

Open defecation is an affront to the dignity and health of girls and women, especially young girls and women, and potentially exposes them to further sexual exploitation. It also threatens their personal safety as well as their health and can pollute the environment and cause health problems and diseases.

As a result, Yemen Family Care Association (YFCA) completely constructed 150 family latrines for 150 households in two targeted districts (Markha Al-Sufla and Jardan) of Shabwah Governorate, in coordination with local authorities and Community Committees (CC), as part of the Cash for WASH strategy, by providing the beneficiaries with tools, materials, and labor support, as well asplastic bowls of 50 liters, water jugs of 2.5 liters, and sanitation awareness posters were distributed.

Within the project of WASH and humanitarian food assistance for IDPs, host communities, returnees and marginalized groups in six districts of Shabwah Governorate-Yemen, which is funded by the German Foreign Ministry (AA) in partnership with Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) (German Humanitarian Assistance Organization).

This activity is aimed at:
• Support the most vulnerable and affected people in the targeted districts with the construction of family latrines to improve their sanitation services.
• Protecting society from pollution and diseases that arise due to open defecation, as well as defecation in semi dilapidated latrine.
• Providing complete health and personal protection to families, particularly women, who are unable to construct a latrine.