Please note that we will only charge a flat fee of 2,400 Euro for the upcoming Singapore training. However, application forms must be submitted by 5 December 2009, and payment must be received by 15 December 2009 in order to secure a place.

Overview

The BushProof Water & Sanitation for Development & Emergencies training is a broad, intense 12-day course with a heavy practical bias, providing a rare opportunity to learn through both theoretical and hands-on practical sessions (refer to course documents above for details). Our aim is to transfer as much practical and theoretical knowledge as possible in the time available so that participants can return with know-how that they can apply in their own situations.

The training is invaluable for both those who need more technical input for their work, as well as for those in management who find they have become more and more involved in water programmes, but lack the basic technical and theoretical background.

Practical sessions

The training is intense and is given through a range of practical and theoretical sessions. While several theoretical courses are available, practical hands-on field experience is difficult to obtain. The BushProof training therefore focuses heavily on practical sessions, which include the following and vary slightly according to the training location:

• Construction of hand-dug well in local village, including final pump installation (Madagascar only)
• Manual drilling
• Jetting
• Sieve analysis
• Measuring elevation
• Measuring water flow in pipes due to gravity and from pump
• Handpump operation
• Chlorine and alum jar tests
• Community mapping in a village (Madagascar only)
• Biosand filter construction
• Latrine slab construction (normal, dome)
• Making an emergency latrine shelter (Singapore only)
• Water testing (chemical, physical, bacteriological)

Participants are expected to get involved with all practical sessions and should expect to get dirty!

Theoretical sessions

In addition to the practical sessions, the course will provide a broad overview of the theoretical aspects of water and sanitation projects. Theoretical issues are linked to real life experiences of the facilitators throughout the course.

Teacher-student ratio

We will never have more than 15 participants per course, and therefore have a high teacher-student ratio, which we find is essential to allow individual feedback and tuition.

Language

The course will be in English. For the training in Madagascar, francophone participants can be accommodated if they have a reasonable grasp of spoken English since at least one BushProof course facilitator will speak French.

Course fees & duration

The duration of the course 13 days (with 12 days taught). Course fees are shown below:

Note: any organization booking 5 places can get a 6th place for free.

The course fee includes:

• Tuition, handouts, resource CDs, coffee breaks, lunch on training days and field visits.

The course fee does not include the following:

• International & domestic airfares, travel or medical insurance, visa, accommodation, breakfast / evening meal and taxi cost from the accommodation to the training centre every day.

An information guide including hotel information will be sent to all applicants. This allows participants to choose and organize their own accommodation and includes telephone and email contacts. BushProof will help participants if they are really having difficulties arranging things, but note that we are primarily a training organization, not a logistical one.

Note: we also have to get a minimum number of people to attend in order to make the course viable, otherwise we may have to reschedule the course. Please confirm with us prior to paying for international flights.