Our Training Partners
One connection leads to many
We work to build knowledge and skills so that each partner can do locally what CAWST does globally.
Our Training Partners
CAWST launched our Training Partners Model (formally the Water Expertise and Training (WET) Centre model) in 2008. A training partner is a local organization that is delivering training on Water, Sanitation or Hygiene and can deliver one or more of CAWST's workshops. CAWST works with them to strengthen their technical and/or training capacity.
Pure Water for the World Honduras
Central America, particularly in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala
https://www.purewaterfortheworld.org/
The Pure Water for the World Water Expertise and Training (WET) Centre was founded in 2014 as a partnership between CAWST and Pure Water for the World Honduras. PWW Honduras operates primarily in Honduras and provides services across Central America. PWW Honduras provides training and consulting services to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practitioners and community based organizations, supporting their program implementation to increase the correct, consistent, and continued use of decentralized WASH solutions in the countries where they operate.
WASH Skills Development Organization
Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Skills Development Organization (WASH SDO) was established in 2017 as a non-profit organization without religious, political, or governmental affiliation. WASH SDO is managed by a dynamic group of Cambodians who have knowledge and experience in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in Cambodia.
Aqua Clara Kenya
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda
https://www.aquaclarakenya.com/
H2OPE (Water Products & Expertise) Accelerator officially became a WET Centre in 2020. The parent organization, Aqua Clara Kenya (ACK) has been working in the WASH sector in East Africa since 2009, providing capacity development services for organizations and entrepreneurs in starting and improving their WASH programs. CAWST and ACK have been partners since 2011.
Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church Development Commission (EKHCDC)
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church Development Commission (EKHCDC) has been operating since 1927 and delivering WASH services for over 25 years. In 2012, EKHCDC joined CAWST’s WET Centre program as a partner.
Africa Manzi Centre (AFMAC), a division of Seeds of Hope International Partnerships (SoHIP)
Zambia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe
http://www.sohip.org/afmac.html
AFMAC became part of the Water Expertise and Training (WET) Centre program in 2008. Since then, AFMAC and CAWST have collaborated to provide WASH training and ongoing technical, educational, and organizational management support.
Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO) Training Centre
Nepal
Since 1990, Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO) has strengthened the capacity of communities, groups, and organizations through capacity development activities. In 2008, with technical support from CAWST, ENPHO established a Water Expertise and Training (WET) Centre and started organizing systematic training events. Later in 2015, a separate unit named “ENPHO Training Centre” was established under the Knowledge Management Division of ENPHO. This unit has since been conducting capacity development programs for people, communities, and organizations to carry out development activities effectively and sustainably.
Become a CAWST training partner
Are you an organization in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene sector? Our growing network of training partners is making a difference in people’s lives around the world. You may be interested in becoming a CAWST Training Partner. Connect with one of our advisors to learn more.
Our Collaborators
CAWST collaborates with research institutions to accomplish shared goals in research, knowledge management and sharing, and capacity development. In 2017, our collaborations built upon existing student projects, providing new insights on implementation challenges that our clients face.
Action Contre La Faim
United Kingdom
https://www.actioncontrelafaim.org
ACF are at the forefront of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programming in emergencies. In 2015, they responded to 24 humanitarian crises and delivered WASH services to 8.8 million people.
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
Reviewed sanitation capacity-building organizations in India.
Concordia University
Canada
An MSc student has been investigating how water quality affects arsenic removal in the Kanchan filter, inspired by questions from our partners like ENPHO and JICA.
EAWAG-Sandec
Switzerland
Completed a field assessment of Kanchan arsenic filter performance in Nepal.
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
United Kingdom
The Environmental Health Group at LSHTM is a multidisciplinary team of engineers, anthropologists, social psychologists and epidemiologists. Over the last 20 years the Group has generated an extensive range of innovative and rigorous evidence about the importance of handwashing and behaviour change.
Queen's University
Canada
A team researched the question of potential risks of plastics leaching if non-food grade tubing is used for biosand filter body construction. It was inspired by questions from clients like ENPHO and Samaritan's Purse.
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
Canada
A Civil Engineering Technology team investigated a common quality control issue of biosand filters in Africa, to develop recommendations on how the cement mix and construction practices could be improved.
University of Calgary
Canada
A mechanical engineering team approached the challenge of washing sand and developed a creative barrel-spinning, time-saving method.