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

Therefore, in coordination with local authorities and Community Committees (CC), Yemen Family Care Association (YFCA) is starting to construct family latrines to 150 households by providing the beneficiaries with tools, materials and labours support in two targeted districts (Markha Al-Sufla and Jardan) of Shabwah Governorate,  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 German Foreign Ministry (AA) in partnership with Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) (German Humanitarian Assistance Organization).

 

This activity is aimed to:
• 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 for families who are unable to build a latrine especially for women.