Training Date 10 Oct - 14 Oct, 2025
Training Mode Physical
Venue Maarifa Consult office
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In any humanitarian crisis, communities need access to safe drinking water, adequate sanitation and hygiene. Effective intervention can reduce the spread of disease, alleviate suffering and ultimately save lives. When local emergency response workers understand how to apply basic Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) strategies, more lives can be saved. The short course is designed to empower practitioners with an understanding of the fundamentals of the WASH sector. This course will introduce participants’ s to the core principles for planning, designing and implementing activities to improve sustainable and equitable access to domestic water supply and sanitation facilities and improve hygiene behaviours in both emergency and non-emergency environments.

Who should enrol?

This course is intended for various actors in: Civil society or non-government organisations, Government agencies, International development donor agencies.

Certification

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with a certificate of completion.

objectives

After successfully completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the social and economic differences in accessing improved WASH facilities and services
  • Explain the breadth of health impacts from inadequate WASH and how they can be prevented.
  • Describe the different environmental, social and technical facets of urban and rural sanitation and current approaches
  • Understand the practicalities around community water supply, waste management (including drainage), and related environmental health issues for effective community hygiene promotion
  • Explain current thinking and practice aiming to achieve sustainable WASH services through good technical, institutional and economic principles. Discuss the issue of integrating behaviour change in WASH and understand the importance and current thinking to hygiene promotion
  • Plan and coordinate WASH responses in emergencies
  • Understand the complexity of delivering safe water and sanitation in an emergency Consultancies:

Approach

This course is delivered by our seasoned trainers who have vast experience as expert professionals in the respective fields of practice. The course is taught through a mix of practical activities, theory, group works and case studies. Training manuals and additional reference materials are provided to the participants.

Tailor-Made

We can also do this as a tailor-made course to meet organization-wide needs. Contact us to find out more: training@maarifaconsult.com / and cc    maarifaconsult@gmail.com

OR Call us on +256774361213

Fees & Payment

Fees Ugandans: UGX400000 International: USD200

The training fee covers tuition fees, learning materials, Lunch & Breakfast. Payment should be sent to our bank account before start of training and proof of payment sent to training@maarifaconsult.com /or maarifaconsult@gmail.com

 

Bank Account can be Requested