Environmental Health Book in Urdu Ready to Print

Dear supporters,

Thank you so much for your generous support of Swat Youth Front's efforts to print and distribute copies of A Community Guide to Environmental Health in Urdu. 

We will be wrapping up this campaign on August 22nd, and will send a full report on the impact and distribution of the books at that time. In the mean time, we wanted to let you know that now is the time to share the campaign, if you know anyone who might be interested--all gifts from now until the 22nd will be matched dollar-for-dollar, and every dollar given will go toward printing costs.

Reaching this challenge will help SYF reach their goal, and print enough books to supply their health workers! 

Even if this goal is not reached, every dollar raised by the campaign before August 22nd will go toward printing as many books as possible, so that workers in the Swat Valley have access to his important information. 

Thank you so much for your support!

Sincerely,

Lizzie

The Swat Youth Front and Hesperian have been partners for many years in distributing life-saving health information to remote communities in Pakistan. SYF has translated and distributed Hesperian books using community health volunteers, and many times communities come back to ask for more copies of the books.

The view from the ground is often the best way to understand why health information is vitally important to a community. Badar Zaman of the Swat Youth Front describes the need this way:

"Hesperian's "A Community Guide to Environmental Health" published in Urdu is a great source of awareness and information for the local population who lack life's most basic necessities: portable water, food, shelter and sanitation facility. The book will enable people to understand methods and techniques to promote community environmental health which will also improve their general health. Urdu translation of this book will empower health promoters, development workers, educators, activists, community leaders, civil society organizations and ordinary people to take charge of their communities' environmental health."

Any money raised by this campaign will make these books a reality. Each book, in turn, will support an average of 40 people in protecting their environment and community health. We hope you will share this campaign, and help SYF meet their goal.

Curious about what content is in the book? Visit the Hesperian HealthWiki to see the English version.