Learn Valuable Business Skills
The Safe Water Project has developed these module to assist you in starting your own Safe Water Project. In each module folder you will find the forms and resources you need to complete each module. As you complete each, your project will get closer to being a self-sustaining project. Should your project experience war or other unforeseen economic impacts, your team members will gain the necessary skills needed to run other businesses by using these course modules.
MODULE 1 : Complete a Market Assessment & Preparing a Business Plan : Can the Selected Community Support a Safe Water Project
This module provides the tools necessary to help determine if the selected community can support a Safe Water Project. The market assessment module is designed to determine the needs and capacity to support a safe water project in your area by engaging members of the community. This guide will outline key activities that should be completed during the assessment phase. Learn More >
MODULE 2 : Technical Training : Constructing and Operating Water Purification Systems
This technical training module provides links to curated material and train the trainer workshops. This training combined with having new technicians work at an existing project for a month to pick up skills from other experienced staff will help your team understand the importance of safe water. Once they understand the need and the long term health benefits they will become the best advocates for the community. Learn More >
MODULE 3 : Social Venture Business Training : Managing Projects to Secure Sustained Beneficial Impact
Our bodies need to produce blood to function, but that is not the purpose of life. Similarly, social venture businesses need to earn money to fulfill their purpose, but they are not in business to make money. This training module teaches basic business principles including break-even analysis (how to cover your costs), operating your business, managing the sales process and preparing your team for success. Learn More >
MODULE 4 : Training Community Health Agents (Sales Agents) : Creating local demand to purchase water purification systems
Creating local demand to purchase water purification systems. Many families spend more money to treat water related illnesses than it would take to purchase a locally produced water purification system. Teams are trained to help families understand the importance of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and reduce family expenditures due to water related illnesses with the purchase of a bio-sand filter. Learn More >
MODULE 5 : Dancing with Elephants : Operating a self supporting business without being unintentionally stomped by traditional charities and NGOs
Although they often share common objectives (such as wanting communities to have access to safe water), NGOs using conventional relief based approaches can unintentionally destroy local safe water social ventures. This module provides guidance on meeting with organizations with safe water objectives to develop a common strategy that ensures that the most people end up with sustained access to safe water. Learn More >