Community WASH Training
Course Description
While it is important to come up with innovative projects on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), it is also very pertinent to develop strategies on how to introduce communities and social groups to these innovations. The Community WASH Promotion training is a program designed to give trainees an understanding of how to best support community members in changing their behaviors of WASH practices, to improve health outcomes and achieve improved community livelihoods.
In a nutshell, this training offers both theoretical and practical lessons on how to influence behavioral change in communities. The training can last between 3-5 days.
- Course Outline
- Introduction to WASH
- Factors that influence behavior
- The role of a community WASH promoter
- How water gets contaminated
- Water treatment, safe storage, and handling
- Sanitation ladder
- Correct use and maintenance of latrines
- Handwashing
- Food hygiene… and a lot more
- Who can take part in the training?
- Project coordinators
- Managers
- Technicians
- Community workers (anyone interacting with members of a community.)
- Learning Outcomes
At the end of the training, participants would have acquired knowledge and skills in;
- Basic Concepts in WASH and their importance
- Benefits of adopting good WASH practices
- Understanding challenges to behavior change and identifying the categories of factors influencing behavior change.
- The role of community WASH promoters and their contributions to improved community WASH.
- Methods of water contamination and the multi-barrier water treatment approach
- Proper use and maintenance of latrines
Registration
Would you like to be a part of this intriguing and influential course? register today!
