Package of Incontinence Training Materials for WASH Practitioners
Project overview
Enhance the confidence, knowledge, and practical understanding of incontinence management within WASH INGOs, NGOs, and UN Agencies. This will enable individuals living with incontinence to access improved support and resources while enhancing their sense of dignity and satisfaction with WASH programming during emergencies.
Project solution
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Expected outcomes
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WHAT HUMANITARIAN NEED IS BEING ADDRESSED?
People with incontinence are frequently overlooked in humanitarian contexts, leaving them vulnerable and underserved in already challenging situations. The materials developed aim to empower humanitarian practitioners to include and better serve individuals with incontinence, addressing their immediate needs and preserving their dignity.
WHAT IS THE INNOVATIVE SOLUTION BEING ADOPTED AND HOW WILL IT IMPROVE EXISTING HUMANITARIAN PRACTICE?
This training for WASH practitioners is innovative, drawing from participatory learning developed during research conducted by Oxfam, HelpAge, ReGIG, the University of Leeds, the University of Western Australia, and their partners. This research focused on incontinence among children, older individuals, and women with post-partum fistula in humanitarian contexts.
The materials are designed to target WASH practitioners working at the implementation level, as well as their managers who hold decision-making responsibilities. The goal is to better equip them to work effectively with people experiencing incontinence, with a particular focus on children, women post-partum, and older individuals.
WHAT ARE THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THIS PROJECT?
A complete package of training materials focusing on practical and implementable recommendations for WASH practitioners for working to support those with incontinence. The package will include:
- A face to face, online and ToT training packs
- Training session plans and associated visual aids
- Interactive exercises and approaches that WASH practitioners can use to explore the issue of incontinence with communities, and specific groups in communities (children, older people, women with fistula/post-partum)
The materials will be easily adaptable to field locations where presentations through PowerPoint may not be possible.
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