Resources: beyond CLTS

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  • Hope out of conflict – How sanitation plays a vital role in protecting women and children from sexual violence in DRC

    Working in the North-Kivu province of DRC, the Programme de Promotion de Soins Santé Primaires is using an integrated and holistic approach that includes CLTS to address the linked problems of sexual violence and sanitation which affect women and children. Adopting a CLTS approach, and working in schools and health clinics, maternal and child health in the area has improved, and the increase in household latrines have reduced the vulnerability of women. In addition, through establishing community protection committees, survivors of sexual violence are able to speak out, receive counselling and seek justice.

  • Children’s involvement in CLTS: A case study of Oboyambo community in central region of Ghana

    Short case study from Plan Ghana on activities that form part of the Pan Africa Project The case study looks at the involvement and active participation of children in CLTS and SLTS in Oboyambo community, Agona East District of the Central Region of Ghana and concludes that children have an important role to play in the development of

  • 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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  • Eco-friendly village

    After attaining ODF, the people of Baladangi village in Khansama, Bangladesh engaged in a number of activities to make their village environmentally friendly respecting everyone’s rights to education, hygiene, sanitation, nutrition, livelihood, cultural heritage and social harmony.

  • 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.

  • Sharing and Learning Workshop at SACOSAN III report

    Continuing a tradition of holding sharing and learning workshops to bring together practitioners, donors, researchers, and others, at high level conferences, IDS organised a One Day Sharing and Learning Workshop on CLTS in Delhi, prior to SACOSAN III, on the 17th November 2008.

  • 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.