Training of Water and Sanitation Boards and WATSAN Committees in Community Mobilization, Operation and Maintenance of water and sanitation facilities at the community level.
NDP’s personnel have over five years of extensive experience in training of WSDB/WATSANs/EHAs and other community groups local government sub-structures in water and sanitation issues geared towards enhancing their capacity for operation and maintenance of these facilities. More often than not the assignments have involved among others, the following;
1) Formation and Review of Watsan Committees/WSDBS/Others
- Formation of Watsans
- Formation of WSDBs
- Orientation of WSDBs and Watsans
- Conduct of training needs assessment for WSDBs and Watsans
2) Community Sensitization and Consensus Building
- Situation Analysis, Baseline Studies
- Development of Project brochure
- Awareness Raising and Information Dissemination
- Ongoing community sensitisation
3) Training for WSDBs and Watsan Committee/Caretakers/Water vendors/Others
- Curriculum Development/materials development
- Organisation of Training
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Training
- Follow up Activities for Watsans
- Community CLTS ignition process
- Community CLTS ignition process
- Developing post-triggering framework
- Organising community de-briefing exercises
- Organising community de-briefing exercises
- Support to communities to manage the sanitation ladder process
- Promotion of SANIMARTs inthe various catchment communities
- Support to natural leaders and community leadership in post-triggering arrangements
- Facilitating the preparation of WSDB constitution and its endorsement
- Review of mode of community contribution and deposits
- Facilitate the preparation and signing of FMP
- Recommending appropriate coaching for the key members of WATSANs and WSDB Involving the District Assembly executives, MWST members and Environmental Health.