Real life dads share their personal stories of change

There’s something exciting about receiving a letter in the mail. It almost feels foreign in a generation filled with emails, texts and instant messaging. So when we receive letters from the people our work benefits around the world, it’s hard not to get a little sentimental.

This Father’s Day, we wanted to share some of the letters we’ve received from fathers around the world who have benefited from our work in maternal, newborn and child health. How do men benefit? Well, a big part of our work is to engage dads in the health and well-being of their partners and children.

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An important message to all the world’s dads

One of history’s most influential thinkers once said: “I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” We couldn’t agree more, Sigmund Freud.

Our work to break the cycle of poverty often starts with family and equality of opportunity for girls and boys in areas of health, education, and in their careers and communities.

So to bring about change, we need to start at home. Fathers in many of the countries where we work are regularly considered the head of the household or key decision makers. They play a key role in influencing decisions and opportunities of their daughters, sons, wives and community as a whole.

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