Organization: RedR India
Registration deadline: 14 Jan 2019
Starting date: 21 Jan 2019
Ending date: 24 Jan 2019
A four-day training module that prepares humanitarian personnel to address the needs of WASH in Crisis. This is a highly participatory course, with group exercises and theory based sessions, providing an overview of managing WASH projects in emergencies, and identifying key issues and key technical skills.
Course Outline
- 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.
- The course will also deals with the discussion on WASH programming. Hygiene promotion is the mechanism by which these needs are established and by which people affected by disasters can voice their feedback on water supply, sanitation, and hygiene promotion (WASH) responses.
- This course provides an introduction to hygiene promotion in emergencies, covering the main methods and approaches, and will provide a good overview of the community engagement aspect of WASH programming.
- 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. Covering concepts of public health engineering and environmental health in emergencies, standard equipment used in the field. Practical sessions and demonstrations give you the chance to see and try water, sanitation and hygiene equipment, processes and practices.
Who should apply?
The course is suitable for participants from a wide range of backgrounds including Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Managers and Coordinators, from the field or HQ, Engineers and Environmental Health Professionals looking to move into WASH programmes etc. emergency response or management specialists with some experience of a major transnational NGO or the UN, emergency desk staff of humanitarian organizations, and government officials working in emergencies zones.
Methodology
In this training, emphasis will be on active learning through participatory group exercises, case studies, demonstrations, focused discussions and field work. Training is planned and presented in collaboration with relief agencies and specialist organisations. Informal exchange of experience is a vital part of every RedR India course.
After first day each day will begins with a review of the topics covered the previous day to ensure that the concepts, tools, and frameworks are fully understood. Every day ends with a period of reflection, evaluation, and questions.
How to register:
To register for this course, please click participant registration form. Your registration will be confirmed on receipt of the completed form and course fee. Write to us at Training@redrindia.org if you encounter any difficulty in filling the online form.