Resources: About approach

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

One pager on rewards for Natural Leaders, community facilitators and communities in Sierra Leone.

The Lukenya Notes are a collection of experiences and key recommendations from the IDS meeting of CLTS practitioners held in Lukenya, Nairobi in July 2011, immediately after the AfricaSan3 meeting. The aim of the workshop was to focus on the key challenges we all face in taking CLTS to scale. Insights, case studies and options are clustered by themes which emerged from workshop brainstorming.

Using snapshot case studies of CLTS in Africa, Kamal Kar makes the case for CLTS in Africa and shares his thoughts on ways forward in this new publication from the CLTS Foundation.

A WaterAid report (June 2011) (English/Français)
Written by: Ada Oko-Williams and Joe Lambongang with Nick Bundle

Download the Revitalising CLTS Report

Revitaliser le processus d’assainissement total piloté par la communauté-Guide de mise en oeuvre

This paper draws on the extensive involvement of Kamal Kar with the spread of CLTS in Africa to describe the early stages of the process, to elaborate on its developments and to outline insights into the circumstances and features which have facilitated its rapid spread. Taking a broadly comparative approach which draws on the somewhat earlier experience of the spread of CLTS in Asia, it identifies aspects of the institutionalisation process and circumstances, including key individuals, that have contributed to the success of the approach in Africa.

One pager on how to manage communal latrines by SNV Ethiopia

by Frank Greaves, Tearfund

One pager on CLTS in the post emergency context

Short video (1:48 mins) on CLTS in Nigeria, focusing on the community activist Esther Etowa, Community Activist of the organisation WERI (Women Empowerment and Rights Initiative).

From the 29th November to the 3rd of December 2010, IDS, supported by UNICEF, Plan International, WaterAid and WSSCC, held a Regional Sharing and Learning Workshop on CLTS. More than 50 participants from francophone countries in Africa gathered in Bamako in order to share experiences, learn from each other, network, energise and strengthen the approach in the region. A similar workshop was also held in Zambia for anglophone African countries from the 15th to 19th November 2010.

Participatory Learning and Action Notes Issue 61 focuses on Community-led Total Sanitation in Africa.

Between the 23rd and the 25th August 2010, twenty participants from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, the Netherlands, Uganda, the UK and Zambia gathered in Nairobi to discuss School-led Total Sanitation (SLTS) and children’s involvement in Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS). The aim of the workshop was to gather existing experience in these areas, as well as to brainstorm on key issues and ways forward. The event also gave an opportunity for practitioners from different countries and organisations interested in the role of children and schools in CLTS to network and make linkages for follow up.