Under an exciting new programme, 50,000 children and adolescents will be mobilized from amongst earthquake survivors in camps as tent-to-tent communicators known as Rahbers to raise awareness about hygiene, safe drinking water and sanitation, health and child protection issues.

The program is a partnership between Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Health, UNICEF, WHO, National Volunteer Movement, Pakistan Boy Scouts Association, National Rural Support Program, National Commission for Human Development, Muslim Aid, Al-Rahman Trust and Pakistan Girl Guides Association. With support from UNICEF, NVM will provide overall support and facilitation, while the Boy Scouts will be responsible for overall coordination and implementation in allocated areas. Other partners will implement the program in allocated areas.

The MoU signing ceremony was held on January 20, 2006, at the H-11 Tent Village, where a team of Rahbers was also mobilized from amongst the young earthquake survivors living in the camp.

Under the six-month program, teams of three Rahbers , aged 12 years and older, will be assigned 10-15 family tents in both organized and spontaneous camps that they are to visit daily to carry out interpersonal communication for hygiene, sanitation, safe water, better health and children's protection issues. They will be provided an orientation and visibility and information materials.

The program offers children and adolescents from the local affected communities the opportunity to contribute to the awareness raising activities on hygiene, sanitation and other related issues and in that way to develop a sense of normalcy in their lives.

Besides creating awareness about safe drinking water, hand washing, solid waste disposal and use of sanitary latrines, the Rahbers will also organize cleanliness drives in the camps. They will also raise awareness about immunization, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, care during diarrhoea, etc and identify and assist in identifying and assisting in the registration of unaccompanied children and in providing safe play areas for children.