Environmental Sanitation
Environmental Sanitation
- Date:
- 2023-10-12 - 2023-10-13
- Language:
- English
- Location:
- Rwenzori
- Host Organization:
- UWASNET, ACK
- Event Cost:
- Free
- Prerequisites:
- The ideal participants are those who are: - Working in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), community development or health projects seeking solutions for environmental sanitation. - Program organizers or project managers with the responsibility for organizing projects and making decisions. - Motivated to start or strengthen projects for improving environmental sanitation. It is an advantage if participants have the following: - Source of funding in place to begin implementation (as this will allow for immediate application of the knowledge and skills gained in the workshop). - Support of their organization which recognizes that environmental sanitation may be beneficial for the communities where you work.
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Environmental sanitation aims to protect and promote human health and well-being by providing a clean environment and breaking the cycle of disease. Environmental sanitation is more than just building latrines. It takes a broader look at the community and addresses different, but interconnected, aspects, including human and animal excreta management, solid waste management, vector control, domestic wastewater management and stormwater drainage.
In this introductory level workshop, participants will gain an overall understanding of the issues and best practices for on-site environmental sanitation in low-income, non-networked communities. The workshop explores the relationship between environmental sanitation, disease transmission and health. It addresses technical topics such as human excreta management including different latrine designs; animal excreta management; solid waste management; vector control for mosquitos and rodents; and domestic wastewater management. Aspects of hygiene, such as handwashing and menstrual hygiene, are also discussed as they relate to sanitation. The workshop also introduces a framework for implementing a sustainable and successful project, and the theory of behaviour change and sanitation promotion to create demand for environmental sanitation.