Nairobi, Kenya

The course, offered by Network for Water and Sanitation (NETWAS), seeks to introduce the concept of the Community Led Total Sanitation approach which recognises that sanitation brings both public and private benefits, and that individual hygiene behaviour can affect the whole community. The training encourages communities to decide on their own understanding of total sanitation and to consider what their communities should look like when it is achieved.

This is a one week full time residential course that offers theory as well as practical exercises. A certificate will be awarded to those who successfully complete the course.

The course is designed for:

• Staff from training and resource centres who are interested in organising their own training courses in the field of hygiene promotion and environmental sanitation;
• Managers and staff in development work who supervise or want to develop an understanding of and introduce community led total sanitation programme in their projects/programmes;
• School teachers and tutors responsible for hygiene, environmental sanitation education and promotion in their institutions;
• Leaders and managers of community based organisations, NGOs, donor agencies, and government ministries.

The course aims to:

• establish a common understanding of up-to-date approaches (current trends) like community led total sanitation, environmental risk reduction, social marketing, social mobilisation, advocacy, gender equity, among others as key ingredients towards sustained hygiene and environmental sanitation behaviours;
• share knowledge and experiences on current practices in hygiene and environmental sanitation and take stock of best practices;
• improve participants' awareness and use of the various participatory methods and tools that are used and have proven effective in hygiene and environmental sanitation promotion;
• assist participants to develop individual/group strategies to implement hygiene and environmental sanitation to optimise benefits from water, environment and sanitation (WES) services.

The course uses participatory learning techniques. The sessions include short introductory presentations, discussions, group work, case studies and practical exercises. Participants will visit community based projects for practical field experience. The NETWAS Documentation Centre which has a variety of current and relevant publications, access to the Internet and a conducive reading environment will be used extensively. NETWAS International staff together with their associates, with extensive experience in Hygiene and Environmental Sanitation Promotion, will guide the participants throughout the course. A course file and relevant publications will be provided to each participant.


This course will be conducted in English.

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Deadline for registration is July 6 2007.

The course fee is US$950 per participant. This will cover tuition, course file, books and field trip.


Fullboard accommodation is available at the venue of the course at an additional cost of US$300. This is optional and participants may arrange their own accommodation. However, it is advisable that participants stay at the venue.


Participants are advised to secure adequate medical and liability insurance cover.

The number of participants is limited to a minimum 15 and a maximum 20 participants. Final selection to the course is done upon receipt of payment. Participants are advised to pay at least 1 month before the commencement of the course to allow time to receive joining instructions. If there are not enough registrations, the course may be cancelled or postponed.

Click here to apply on line, or you may mail a print version of the application form to NETWAS.

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