Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development
Co-creation of WASH education with partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America
In collaboration with partner institutions, the WASH Learning Lab is developing and contributing to WASH education projects for students and practitioners in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The goal is to foster both theoretical WASH knowledge and practical WASH skills by blending different formats, such as online learning with courses of the WASH MOOC-series ”Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development”, classroom teaching, site visits, interactions with WASH experts in the respective countries, and exchanges with Sandec researchers. The projects are demand-driven and context-specific.
Current projects:
Ethiopia – Jigjiga University: WASH lecture
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| Duration: | 2025-2026 |
| Key info: | Building on the successful collaboration between Jigjiga University (JU) and Sandec/Eawag through the project "From University to Schools – A WASH Collaboration," we’ll develop and implement a WASH lecture at Jijgiga University for the academic year 2025/2026. The lecture combines online learning, site visits, lab training learning cafés and mentor support. To ensure equitable access to WASH education, we will establish a dedicated smart classroom. |
Somalia – Somali National University: WASH lecture and solid waste management students projects
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| Duration: | 2025 |
| Key info: | This project is part of a larger initiative that aims at increasing WASH capacities in Somalia. It consists of two key components: a WASH lecture and a student project “Improving Solid Waste Management in Mogadishu”. It is the follow-up project of the WASH lecture that SNU and Eawag offered together in 2024. |
Sierra Leone – Milton Margai Technical University: WASH short course programme
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| Duration: | 2025 |
| Key info: | During this WASH short course programme, public health students will complete the four courses of the MOOC-series “Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development”, make site visits and engage in hands-on onsite activities. |
Uganda – Makerere University: WASH learning beyond the classroom
| Goals: | Contribute to the WASH related undergraduate and graduate lectures at Makerere University |
| Duration: | 2024-2025 |
| Key info: | "WASH learning beyond the classroom at Makerere University” is contributing to the WASH related undergraduate and graduate lectures at Makerere University by including site visits, modules from the WASH-MOOC–series, practical exercises with laboratory equipment, and practice-oriented guest lectures from industry experts. |
Uganda – Town councils of Wobulenzi & Kakooge: WASH + GIS training for town council members
| Goals: | Strengthen WASH capacities of town council members in Wobulenzi & Kakooge |
| Duration: | 2024-2025 |
| Key info: | In a co-creation of knowledge workshop offered during the Ugandan Water and Environment Week in March 2024, town council members from Wobulenzi & Kakooge identified the following two priorities to increase WASH capacities in the two Ugandan small towns: i) GIS training, ii) Practical WASH-training. These trainings will be jointly developed and facilitated by Eawag and Makerere University. |
