Guidelines on
VDC-Level Orientation |
1. Objectives:
- To increase the awareness among VDC members, health post, teachers about water related diseases, health, hygiene, and sanitation
- To inform about various treatment options for arsenic and bacteria removal
- To demonstrate the installation, operation, and maintenance of KanchanTMTM Arsenic Filter (KAF)
- To orient on how to obtain a filter (local entrepreneurs contact information) and available subsidy
- To build local capacity on safe water provision, promotion, monitoring, and management
2. Expected Outcome:
- Participants will understand about arsenic and its effect on health
- Participants will understand about various mitigation options
- Participants will know how to obtain, install, operate, and maintain an KAF
- Participants will make informed decision on appropriate safe water options
3. Participants:
- 25 participants per VDC, including VDC members, health post workers, doctors (if any), teachers, and other relevant persons. It is desirable to have many women participants.
- Minimum of three staff from NRCS, ENPHO, or RWSSSP.
- One should be a Support Officer/Trainer/Supervisor who is familiar with water management, entrepreneur training, financing and subsidy options, and KAF promotion techniques.
- The other staff can be health workers or motivators who are familiar with arsenic and trained on KAF installation, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting technique
4. Duration:
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5. Materials Required:
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- Copy of this training guideline |
1 |
- Copy of entrepreneurs list for all districts |
1 |
- Assembled Gem505 Filter |
1 |
- Gravel (washed) |
4 L |
- Coarse sand (washed) |
4 L |
- Fine sand (washed) |
25 L |
- Piyush |
2 bottles |
- Iron nails |
5 kg |
- One liter measuring cup (Gem 016) |
1 |
- Posters, 1 per participant |
25 plus some extra |
- Brochures, 5 per participants |
125 plus some extra |
- Additional educational materials and aids |
some |
- Stationary (pens, notebooks) for participants |
25 |
- Camera |
1 |
- Lunch and Refreshment |
30 people |
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6. Activities:
Pre-workshop activities (1 week before actual workshop day)
- Identify location for workshop (e.g. health post, VDC office, meeting hall, school)
- Inform VDC members, health post workers, teachers and other relevant persons about workshop date, time, and location
- Transport assembled filter and prepared & washed media to workshop location
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| Detailed workshop activities |
| Activities |
Duration (hours) |
Related Topics |
Remarks |
| Registration, opening remarks |
0.25 |
Collect names of all participants |
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| General information on water quality, health, hygiene,
sanitation |
0.5 |
Explain why water is important for us, inform about water borne diseases, explain the relationship between health & water, and describe the significance of hygiene and good sanitation.
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Use of video, posters and other visual aids |
| Information on arsenic, testing results, and its health
effects |
0.75 |
Explain what is arsenic and its negative health impacts, present context of arsenic contamination in Nepal, clarify consuming the arsenic free water is the only way to prevent from the arsenicosis disease, importance of taking nutritious foods to escape away from the disease.
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Show pictures of arsenicosis effects
Explain health survey results |
| Tea break |
0.25 |
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Discussion on mitigation options including KAF, dug well, etc
Explain advantages and disadvantages of each options
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0.5 |
Explain about the existing arsenic removal technologies (Two and three Gagri systems; AIRP, KAF), describe there advantages and disadvantages, clarify why KAF is the best existing option, discuss about the feasibility of arsenic safe options like Dug Well, Gravity Feed Supply etc.
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Obtain opinions from VDC members on which options they
prefer |
| Distribution of IEC materials |
0.25 |
One KAF poster and five brochure for each participants
Posters and stickers posted in easy to see places
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| Discussion on water provision, management, user payment,
financing, subsidy, monitoring |
1 |
Discuss how & where to get KAF, discuss about the cost , payment and condition of subsidy, ask about the possibilities of getting loan from the concerned organizations, make inquiries about willingness to pay
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Provide entrepreneur list including contact information |
| Lunch |
1 |
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| Demonstration on ABF installation, operation and maintenance,
and monitoring |
1.5 |
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Demo KAF unit |
| Questions |
0.5 |
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More time if necessary |
Total |
6.5 |
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Post-workshop activities
- Arrange follow-up meeting to clarify any concerns and confusions
- Monitor new filters in August and September 2004
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7. Budget
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| Item |
Units |
Rate (NRs) |
Total (NRs) |
| Refreshment |
30 |
20 |
600 |
| Lunch |
30 |
50 |
1500 |
| Stationeries |
25 |
30 |
750 |
| Other logistics |
n/a |
n/a |
150 |
Total Expense per VDC |
3000 |
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| Note: All IEC materials, electronic
equipment, and filter construction materials will be provided
by ENPHO |
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