Wash training goes to Goroka

By ZACHERY PER
Thirty-two people participated in a month-long water sanitation hygiene (Wash) programme in Goroka which ended on Monday.
Organisers Oxfam International and Goroka district development authority said the participants interacted with the people to ensure they benefitted from the programme.
Oxfam Wash coordinator John Nokue said the four-week training came about through the initiative of Unicef, European Union and Goroka DDA funding.
“The main reason to train Wash programme facilitators was to allow them to live with the people, to identify the needs of respective communities to ensure there is a good system of coordination in place to have positive impact in the lives of people,” he said
Nokue said they started by engaging an international specialist Paul O’Sullivan.
O’Sullivan first trained district Wash coordinators and then the 32 community Wash facilitators.
“Oxfam, as an international organisation, wants to ensure there is alignment of Wash activities from provincial level to district level and down to the ward council level — where the targeted bulk of the people are,” Nokue said.
Goroka Wash coordinator Martin Moses and Michael Muri from provincial health authority, attached with Goroka district health services, ensured the training flowed smoothly.
Notofana village community leader Lutie Mateo expressed satisfaction at Oxfam International for the training.
The programme will start in Gahuku and Minamalo local level governments.