Hygiene Ptomoters

Functions 1.      Hygiene Promotion   The Hygiene Promoter is responsible as a team member for implementing a range of hygiene promotion initiatives:   1.1  Household visits   -          The Hygiene Promoter is responsible for visiting families in their shelters speaking to the family about established and agreed hygiene priorities, delivering key health information messages, distributing essential items such as soap, listening to the issues of the family, and using effective assessment and communication skills to promote healthy and hygienic behaviour. -          The Hygiene Promoter is responsible for coverage of a specific geographical area. -          Over time, the Hygiene Promoter is responsible for forming strong relationships with their designated community group.   1.2  Peer-to-Peer sessions   -          Hygiene Promoters are responsible for delivering facilitated peer-to-peer hygiene promotion sessions – such as group sessions with women, children, men or other target groups. -          This may include facilitated discussions or activities on agreed and structured messages such as water conservation, optimal use of water and sanitation facilities, women’s hygiene, etc. -          Hygiene Promoters are responsible for delivering hygiene promotion activities for children – through fun interactive activities that communicate key messages and encourage improvements in hygiene-related behaviour.   1.3  Community initiatives   -          Hygiene Promoters are responsible for implementing community hygiene promotion activities, including mass communication campaigns, public events such as Community Clean Up days, market place initiatives, etc. -          Hygiene Promoters are outreach representatives of ACTED and are at all times responsible for representing ACTED appropriately to the community.   1.4  Hygiene Promotion Campaign development   -          The Hygiene Promoters are responsible for undertaking structured research and assessment of hygiene-related issues in the target community, to inform the priorities the programme addresses and how to promote behaviour change effectively. -          The Hygiene Promoters are responsible for proposing creative and innovative ideas in how to deliver key hygiene messages and influence positively the community’s knowledge, awareness, attitude or behaviour related to health and hygiene.   2.      Reporting   2.1  Activity reporting:   -          The Hygiene Promoter is responsible for responsible for preparing accurate, honest, and timely reports of their individual activities. In particular this includes maintaining signed records of the engagement and activities with the community. -          The Hygiene Promoter is also encouraged to prepare written reports of the results of their activities, assessments and observations.    3.      Key qualities required in community hygiene promoters   -          Hygiene Promoters are required to embody the following qualities and to maintain compliance with ACTED’s rules and policies at all times: Good communication skills – and ability and willingness to work with people in difficult personal circumstances Respectful and appropriate attitude towards the refugee community Ability and willingness to work in physically challenging field conditions Compliance with ACTED security procedures and protocols