Overall Course Overview:

It is estimated that over 1.2 billion people globally lack access to safe clean drinking water and a further 2.6 billion people lack access to adequate and comfortable sanitation. WHO (2005), estimates that 1.6 million die yearly from diarrhea and cholera which have been attributed to inaccessibility to clean drinking water as well as basic sanitation services. 90 of the figures is from children who are below five years and the trend is rampant in developing countries. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) are some of the basic needs for human health to lead a normal life. WASH is a practical way of leading people from poverty since every person will be productive and money used to treat the diseases associated with dwindling levels of sanitation and clean water can be used in developing the economy. After decades of investments, an estimated of the world’s population especially those in third world countries remain with unreliable and unsafe water. Access to safe water is essential for the health, security, livelihood and quality of life and is especially critical to women and girls as they are the most affected and at the same time, they are the ones to be burdened with the issues of collecting water. Access to safe human waste disposal methods is crucial for the health and well-being of a community. Lack of the same leads to higher costs of living to the community through pollution of rivers, ground water and higher incidence of air and water borne diseases.

Course Objectives

By the end of the training, the participant should have garnered knowledge and skills on;

• The links between water, sanitation and
• The nature of, and the threats posed by, environmental diseases
• Effective hygiene promotion in a crisis context
• The complexity of delivering safe water and sanitation in an emergency
• The standard equipment used in the field for emergency WASH response.

Course Outline:

The following areas will be covered during the workshop

• Introduction to Water Sanitation and Hygiene
• Hygiene Terms and Concepts
• Sanitation Education
• Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and Market Based Sanitation Approaches (MBS)
• Public Health
• Solid and Liquid Waste Management
• Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance
• Water and Sanitation related Diseases
• Hydrology and Geology
• Integrated Water Resources Management (IRWM)
• Ecological and Environmental Protection
• Project Work and Research

TRAINING FEE: EUR 1600 PER PERSON

The Training will be conducted in English

How to Register for the Water Sanitation and Hygiene Workshop:

Kindly send us an email to:

• Email: workshops@strategianetherlands.nl
• Website: strategianetherlands.nl