What?

This training package ‘Introduction to Disability-Inclusive Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Humanitarian Action’ has been designed to support trainers to facilitate learning, reflections and discussions around disability-inclusive Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) response.

Topics covered in the package include:

• The rights-based understanding of disability in humanitarian WASH
• The IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action with a focus on chapter 18
• The 4 Must-Do-Actions and how to implement them in the WASH context
• The definition of universal design, accessibility, and reasonable accommodations and how to apply them in humanitarian WASH
• The understanding and importance of inclusive accountability to affected populations
• Inclusive menstrual hygiene management
• How to ensure inclusive community engagement

Structure?

The training package has a modular structure, with nine total modules. Each module contains PowerPoint presentations, facilitator guides, videos, and group works.

Depending on the training audience’s needs and time available, you are advised to select the most relevant modules and adapt them to your context.

Developed by whom?

This package was developed through an inter-agency co-creation process with Inclusion Africa, German Toilet Organization, the Global WASH Cluster, Malteser International, WaterAid, and UNICEF as part of “Phase 3−Leave no one behind!” project.