As with many things, when it comes to approaches to changing hygiene behaviour, one size does not fit all. A method that works in one context is unlikely to have the same results in another.
The SWIFT Consortium is bringing together organisations of all shapes and sizes to encourage hygiene behaviour change in Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo, pooling their expertise and their experiences of what has and hasn’t worked in the past.
This article, published in Tearfund’s Footsteps magazine, looks at the range of approaches the consortium is adopting in different contexts and what it hopes to learn from the programme.