{"id":388,"date":"2020-03-18T14:32:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/?p=388"},"modified":"2020-03-18T14:32:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:32:27","slug":"project-wet-training-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/2020\/03\/project-wet-training-and-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Project WET: Training and  Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectwet.org\/\">Project WET<\/a> foundation offers a variety of free educational resources.\u00a0 Given the recent interest in handwashing, you may be interested in Project WET\u2019s free online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectwet.org\/what-we-do\/international\/wash\">Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)<\/a> training program.\u00a0 WASH started in 2007 as a way to reduce the spread of preventable waterborne diseases in Africa.\u00a0 The online training course for educators provides great content about water, microorganisms (a 5<sup>th<\/sup>-grade science standard connection), and hand washing.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t take too terribly long to complete, and I enjoyed learning about the resources.\u00a0 Plus, since it\u2019s an international resource, the materials are provided in a variety of languages.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As a\nreminder, the COVID-19 virus has\nnot been detected in drinking-water supplies, so please don\u2019t be\nconfused.&nbsp; <\/strong>(The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-and-drinking-water-and-wastewater\">EPA<\/a>\nhas provided great information concerning water and COVID-19.)&nbsp; However,\nproper handwashing is a great way to prevent the spread of microorganisms,\nincluding bacteria and viruses such as COVID-19.&nbsp; Additionally, keeping\nour waterways safe for consumption is equally\nimportant.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/files\/2020\/03\/logo-new.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The international Project WET foundation offers a variety of free educational resources.\u00a0 Given the recent interest in handwashing, you may be interested in Project WET\u2019s free online Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) training program.\u00a0 WASH started in 2007 as a way to reduce the spread of preventable waterborne diseases in Africa.\u00a0 The online training course [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-base-staff-training","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions\/390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}