Campaigns for Total Sanitation with CLTS: 66 practical things to do

Over 40 countries are implementing CLTS. 15 have adopted it as their official approach for rural sanitation. More and more countries, regions within countries, and districts, are mounting campaigns for total sanitation through CLTS. Drawing on experiences with campaigns in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone and other countries, this note by Robert Chambers lists approaches and actions which have contributed to success and other practical ideas. The core of CLTS is triggering, post-triggering follow-up, verification, and post ODF sustainability and progress. Campaigns include all these together with much more. It is mainly the ‘much more’ that is summarised here. This checklist is a practical tool for those who plan and implement campaigns

In the next few years we can hope for and expect CLTS campaigns covering tens, even hundreds, of millions of people. The effectiveness of those campaigns is absolutely critical. Collecting experiences, ideas and innovations is work in progress, to be added to, fleshed out and amended. Please help and contribute. There will be an updated version of this checklist when we have contributions, and also a fuller paper with case examples, practical details and other materials. Do please write up your experiences, ideas and innovations to share with others. Please email us with ideas, experiences and illustrations