Family Preservation Program

Health and Hygiene

  1. Mothers will develop the habit of bathing their children daily.
  2. Parents will follow instructions for taking medications correctly.
  3. Fathers and mothers will know the advantages of always being clean.
  4. Families will take measures to prevent diseases and their symptoms, like cholera, malaria, and vomiting.
  5. Parents will ensure that children are current in their immunizations.
  6. People will shower/bathe every day.
  7. Families will avoid infections through cleanliness.
  8. Families will take care of their own sick members
    when appropriate.
  9. Families will visit health centers and hospitals for consultation and treatment.
  10. Pregnant women will have prenatal consultations and
    then follow instructions.
  11. Toddlers will be taken to hospital for testing of growth
    patterns.
  12. Families will drink only clean, treated water.
  13. Families will keep dishes clean.

Income Generation

  1. Families/individuals will develop the capacity to start their own business, participate in a cooperative, or become employable.
  2. Families will develop basic family financial management skills.
  3. Families will qualify to receive credit.
  4. Families will become economically self-reliant.

Psychosocial Well-Being

  1. Families will prevent discrimination against orphans, widows, and those living with HIV.
  2. Families will prevent sexual abuse.
  3. Families will prevent domestic violence.
  4. Families will reduce use of alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs.
  5. Families will reduce marital infidelity.
  6. Families will reduce family conflicts.
  7. Families will increase quality time between parents and children.
  8. Families will increase their religious commitment.

Community Participation

  1. The community will develop more unity.
  2. The community will develop a more altruistic attitude.
  3. Families will help each other more frequently and will be more willing to serve.
  4. Community leadership will be better organized.
  5. Community capacity to manage conflicts will increase.
  6. The community leadership will promote and participate more actively in community events.

Food Security and Nutrition

  1. Families will plant vegetable gardens.
  2. Families will improve their diet using produce from
    their gardens.
  3. Families will eat three nutritious meals a day.
  4. Families will have proper containers for keeping food
    and water.
  5. Parents and caregivers will learn to cook nutritious
    meals.

Sanitation

  1. Families will have their own clean, properly function- ing latrine.
  2. Families will treat garbage properly, by burning or by burying it.
  3. Families will have their own clean, properly function- ing washing room.
  4. Families will eliminate stagnant water from their property.
  5. Families will keep their yard free of weeds and wild shrubs.
  6. Families will have their own water well or easy access to a water well.
  7. Families will eliminate pests such as rats, mice, cockroaches, and other insects.
  8. Families who raise animals will have them properly housed.

House Improvement

  1. Roofs of family houses will be in good condition with no leakage.
  2. Walls of family houses will be built of adequate mate- rial to make them safe, strong, and clean.
  3. Family houses will have secure, locking doors.
  4. Windows of family houses will be of adequate size and
    screened.
  5. Floors of family houses will be made of cement or other
    improved material.
  6. Family houses will have their own latrine and washing
    room outdoors.
  7. Family houses will be clean inside.
  8. Family yards will be clean and boundaries marked.
  9. Family houses will have a dish shelf to keep dishes off
    the ground.