Hygiene Projects
SFY’s engagement with local stakeholders revealed key needs and gaps in healthcare. Our leaders identified hygiene as an important aspect of responding more holistically and creatively to the healthcare question. Proper hygiene management contributes to better health and prevents health risks. We imagined our approach to be grounded in awareness at the local level. Through our extensive conversations with local stakeholders, we decided to ground hygiene awareness in religious teachings.
Hygiene Abbottabad
SFY organized the #YouthHealthProject2021 at Jamiya Abu Hurrairah (ra) Madrassa, and Cordial School, Abbottabad and Mardan, respectively. Both these institutions serve under-resourced kids from a diverse set of backgrounds.
Hygiene Project Mardan
Moreover, both the projects included presentation on Islam’s close relationship with cleanliness and hygiene’s imperative role in bettering not only our lives but our general communal health. The inclusion of religion created an environment of courteous reception and engagement, especially at the Madrassa. SFY also distributed 274 hygiene kits among the students at the Madrassa and the School. The kits included personal hygiene items such as toothbrushes, toothpastes, shampoos, nail cutters etc.
SFY leaders observed renewed resolve among not only among the kids but teachers as well. The inclusion of religious injunctions further emphasized the importance of responsible and proper hygiene practices and better health outcomes. Students at both institutions felt incredibly encouraged after receiving hygiene kits and displayed greater openness to engaging on the subject. This project fulfills much needed gap in promoting a more holistic healthcare approach.