Resources: livelihoods

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  • How Community Led Total Sanitation Led to Better Farming

    Extract from the BBC/TVE Earth Report on CLTS in Bangladesh which focuses in particular how CLTS has led to collective community activities beyond sanitation, eg solving the problem of monga (seasonal hunger) by returning to the old practice of cultivating vine potatoes.

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  • Integrating CLTS with water and livelihood activities

    One pager by Simulekwa Sifaya and Irene Singogo of Plan Zambia on integrating CLTS with water and livelihood activities

  • Living Blue and the Nijera Cottage and Village Industries

    ‘Living Blue’ is the brand name for the textiles that have been produced by Nijera Cottage and Village Industries (NCVI), a private limited company set up by producers to represent the various social enterprises which they own as autonomous financial entities.

    ‘Living Blue’, a brand that stands for high quality, hand-made products, is an example of how CLTS can build the solidarity and empower communities to engage in other livelihood-related activities beyond sanitation.

  • Community Led Total Sanitation as a Livelihoods Entry Point – A Brief Introduction

    Katherine Pasteur (2005). IDS

    A livelihoods approach takes a holistic and integrated approach to development in communities, however a key challenge can be finding an entry point. Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) has been found to be an effective entry point activity for wider livelihood interventions. This document outlines the CLTS approach to sanitation, building solidarity and a sense of empowerment to take further action for community improvement. It describes experiences from Bangladesh as illustration of successes and challenges.