iSWEET Toolkit < Community Mobilization and Demand Generation
This module describes the strategies, tactics and the challenges involved in mobilizing the communities to create WASH awareness about the benefits of consuming safe drinking water, keeping good hygiene and adopting sanitation best practices. The tools in this module describe the various approaches and mediums to influence people at a community level about the hazards of drinking impure water and encourage them the start consuming safe drinking water.
The tools listed below are covered in this module.
The complete ‘Module Toolkit’, ‘Trainer Script’ and ‘Key Elements’ can be viewed using the links at the end of the page.
This tool helps in spreading the awareness in the community about the need for and adoption of safe water through the engagement of key opinion leaders in the community. It also helps in addressing the myths to promote the Small Water Enterprise and deliver valuable health-focused messages in the community, including Mohalla meetings and door-to-door campaigns. Different medium is used to promote safe water in the community and in schools, such as marketing spiels on tablets, electrolyser water quality test demos, competitions organized for school children, among others.
This tool guides in effective implementation of WASH program under four significant phases. It trains the WASH ambassador and communities through four different training sub-modules. Human Body and Importance of Water, Source Safety and Water Security, Water Quality, Hand Washing And Hygiene, DIY Consumer Activation