Training & Education

Although PRACTICA foundation is still known by many for the development and promotion of innovative technical solution to problems in the field of water and energy, the focus of the recent projects is more and more on training or local capacity building. For the training purpose, PRACTICA has developed several training manuals on the production, installation and use of different technologies, as the rope pump and the rota-sludge well drilling.

Instead of promoting a technology, PRACTICA promotes the transfer of knowledge and the transfer of production capacity to local partners and by doing so, also the transfer of ownership of the technology or service.

Within the training projects, follow up visits, in-service training and refresher courses are essential to improve and maintain the quality of the products or services needed to be sustainable; in too many cases a training course without follow-up results in poor-quality products or services and thus to project failure. This also consolidates the need for an independent local partner who will have a key role in the follow-up services.

PRACTICA always engages partners in long-term commitments to ensure the necessary follow-up can be given. The engagements often also include the possibilities to further develop and improve the training materials to fit the local context.

Some examples of extensive training programmes are given in the projects section, for example the JICA rope pump training project in Ethiopia or the UNICEF manual well drilling project in Chad.

Below you will find a selection of our Training and Education project. For more information on the projects, please contact us through our contact form.

Introduction and local production of water filters in Cameroon

AKVO.org – de Parade, the Netherlands – ADEID and PRESCRAFT Cameroon – RDI Cambodia  |  2008

With a donation of money collected at the toilets at the Parade festival in the Netherland, PRACTICA started working on training in the introduction and production of ceramic water filters in the Baffousam area together with the local partners ADEID and PRESCRAFT.read more.

Volanta production training Niger

ETC Technical Training Program  |  2008

As a continuation on the Volanta production training program that has been done in Burkina Faso, technical training was also requested by the Volanta pump producer in Niger. read more.

Training on Geo-hydrology and follow-up on the well drilling program

Country: Madagascar Med Air  |  2008

MedAir has received funds from the EU Water Facility for the construction of 750 sustainable water points in a four year program. The Geology in the area of Maroantsetra in the north-east of Madagascar is suitable for manual drilling. In August 2006 3 manual drilling teams have received read more.