ENPHO in coordination with Water Supply and Sanitation Division Office (WSSDO), Bara organized Master Training of Trainers (M-ToT) on Delivering Effective WASH Training (DEWT) in Kalaiya, Bara dated 4-8 October 2021. The trainers of Sub-metropolitan City, Municipality, Rural Municipality, Water Supply, and Sanitation Division Office and NGOs from different provinces of Nepal were trained to enhance knowledge and skills on delivering WASH training effectively. A five-day M-ToT on DEWT focused on facilitating and adapting the training environment in the context of addressing learners need such as creating a safe and equitable learning environment, motivating participants’ learning along with improving presentation skills, asking effective questions, active listening, and learning, supporting stages of learning and responding to challenging situations during the training.

Er. Rabindra Prasad Deo, Division Chief of WSSDO, Bara said, “I found this MToT on DEWT very effective and I believe that all participants of the training are now skilled and will be able to convey the message of WASH effectively in the community which I believe will be helpful to meet the goal of total sanitation. I am very grateful to facilitators and ENPHO for providing such effective training on important topics of creating a safe learning environment to the participants working in the WASH sector” he added.

Altogether, 23 participants (15 male and 8 female) from 2 sub-metropolitan cities, 7 R/Munipalities, 2 WSSDO, and 6 NGOs from different provinces of Nepal actively participated in the training. All participants appreciated the training and found it to be very fruitful, meaningful, and very relevant for their personal as well as professional development.

Naresh Prasad Sah from Jan Jagaran Youth Club (JJYC), Bara shared his experience as a participant of the training, “I felt this MToT on DEWT very worthwhile. Despite the time I have spent working in the sector and the experience I have gained, with this training, I still learned much more on WASH message dissemination. The best things I found about the training were the materials used in the training and the effectiveness of the delivery of messages. We, the participants of the training are the resource persons for the training to deliver WASH messages for this district so with this training we are now more confident in WASH message dissemination and can assure to contribute to achieving total sanitation by effectively conveying WASH message in the community.