Organization: RedR UK
Registration deadline: 22 Feb 2016
Starting date: 07 Mar 2016
Ending date: 11 Mar 2016
ABOUT THE COURSE Providing access to safe water and sanitation is a fundamental human right and is essential to any humanitarian response. Water and sanitation programming, alongside hygiene promotion, is key to reducing deaths from water-related diseases in emergency contexts. This highly participatory course, with group exercises and theory based sessions, provides an overview of WASH in emergencies, identifying key issues and training participants on key technical skills. This workshop will provide an overview of the water, sanitation and hygiene promotion (WASH) sector, identifying the key issues to address in an emergency. The course guides participants through the key stages undertaken in planning a WASH response during an emergency and addresses some of the practical skills required by WASH personnel. In the end, participants will be able to apply their new knowledge by creating a response to a case study
COURSE CONTENT
■■ WASH roles in an emergency response context
■■ Environment assessments for implementing WASH
■■ Water quality tests and treatment techniques
■■ WASH and the community: tools for communication and engagement
■■ Sanitation and excreta disposal
■■ Boreholes
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is aimed at Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Managers and Coordinators, from the field or HQ along with engineers and environmental health professionals looking to move into WASH programmes. Though this course covers the ‘essentials’, it assumes that participants have some awareness of and/or experience with WASH and working in humanitarian contexts
How to register:
MORE INFORMATION AND COURSE BOOKING
Please contact us at SSA.Courses@redr.org.uk
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