Consultancy for Training Frontline Workers on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene by MPTAST in Madhya Pradesh

Agency : MPTAST, India

The WASH component of MPTAST led by WaterAid and contributes to MPTAST objective on WASH by promoting skills, systems and sustainable services with attention on safe, equitable, inclusive and sustainable access to water supply, sanitation services and improved hygiene behaviors.WaterAid works to identify problem areas and provide technical assistance to the departments concerned of GoMP, i.e. PHED and Rural Development Department to improve WASH planning, budget utilization and strengthen WASH delivery at state and in priority districts.

One of the important components of the MPWASH program was to develop capacity at community level for greater community awareness and action on WASH. The program involved training of Frontline workers FLWs (ASHA, ANM, AWW, Teachers, MATE NREGA and Village Motivator Saakshar Bharat), who played an important role to assist communities in raising their awareness and motivation in order to help integrate WASH in their core activities. The goals of the training were build capacities of Frontline workers to support implementation of WASH programme in the districts; Improve knowledge, increase demand and access for WASH services through community mobilisation processes; Strengthen linkages with government service providers to ensure access to quality WASH services etc.

IIHMR has been identified by the WaterAid for conducting training of about 15000 FLWs mainly ASHA and certain number of AWWs in 7 districts in Madhya Pradesh, namely Jabalpur, Mandla, Rewa, Satna, Sidhi, Chhatarpur and Damoh. The IIHMR team is implementing the FLWs training program and it is expected that by the end of June, 2015 the team will reach the target.


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