Successful Community Education Quick Look:

 A man was able to make rapid changes to his behaviours.
Imagine a community that is safe and productive, where everyone can live healthy together. Is it possible? The following example will show how our project Safe, Healthy and Productive Community for Tanzanian Girls and Young Women helped one man to go from violent to helpful. 

In the year 2016, AGO educated some community activists (CAs) on issues like domestic violence. They, in turn, helped to educate the communities near them. One CA, Hidaya Hamisi, received this training and since then has continued educating her community. Doing this work put her into contact with the family of Jakobo Faustini in the Kisesa Kusini hamlet. The family had problems with domestic violence. The wife told Hidaya that her husband would not help her at all with any of the household chores. When she was sick, he didn’t even help her to fetch water, claiming that it was women’s work. The CA went to this household to educate them about violence, and she was very grateful that the husband seemed to understand. One day, when Hidaya returned to visit she saw the man helping the wife with the laundry. When asking the wife about this she said that the education they received really helped. Now her husband helps her with household work, fetching water, doing the laundry and cooking. 

This example is a true success, showing that with education and awareness people can change for the better, helping our community to improve for the benefit of everyone.