After the installation of 17 Living Water Treatment Systems (LWTS) at different locations in Panay and Negros islands for Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) survivors, the next step undertaken by Goducate and Water Missions International (WMI) was to teach the stakeholders on safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), as well as to make them aware about the availability of safe water for everyone in the community.
Fifteen trainings have been conducted so far for municipal officials, local government unit (LGU) heads, school principals, students, barangay (village) captains, and officers of civil society organizations. A resource speaker from WMI headquarters in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, talked on how water gets contaminated, how microbes get into the stomach, how water can be purified and treated using LWTS, how to store treated water in containers, how to wash hands properly, and how healthy hygiene and sanitation behaviors can protect everyone from diarrheal illness.
At every training session, the Goducate-WMI liaison officer also explained the memorandum of understanding between Goducate and the LGU recipient of LWTS. He also spoke about the Goducate Training Center (GTC) and the on-going activities of GTC-trained community development workers in municipalities affected by Typhoon Haiyan
Goducate is committed to holding other community-based trainings in partnership with WMI, not only on WASH but also on emerging and sustainable technologies popularized by Goducate to help ensure food security in needy communities.
