Resources: About approach, Africa

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.

Read about UNICEF’s CLTS pilot in ten villages in Niger and watch a short video about how rural sanitation is being transformed by the approach.

From the 15th to the 19th of November 2010, IDS, supported by UNICEF, Plan International, WaterAid and WSSCC, held a Regional Sharing and Learning Workshop on CLTS. Around 45 participants from 12 anglophone countries in Africa gathered in Lusaka 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 Mali for francophone African countries from the 29th November to the 3rd December 2010.

A useful set of tools devised by EWB Volunteers Ashley Raeside and Jolly Ann Maulit in consultation with Malawi district CLTS leaders and practitioners.

This is a brief account of how Terry Wolfer and Robin (Buz) Kloot of the University of South Carolina stumbled upon CLTS as a solution to problems they encountered whilst working on issues of access to safe drinking water in Uganda. Without training, by just using the CLTS Handbook as their guide, they were able to train local Shepherd’s Heart International Ministries (SHIM) staff and trigger communities in the Buvuma Islands on Lake Victoria.

PLEASE NOTE: Further blogs on Mathare will now appear on the main blog

Below you will find an ongoing blog about CLTS in the urban setting of Mathare 10, Nairobi, Kenya in which Sammy Musyoki of Plan Kenya documents and reflects on progress as the pilot unfolds.

The UCLTS team in Mathare is also on Facebook Check out their group!

And you can now watch Story Yetu, a film about urban sanitation and waste management, Community Cleaning services work, youth engagement and entrepreneurship in Mathare 10 online.

Practical tips for ODF verification and certification based on the experience in Nyanza Province, Kenya.

One page poster that summarises the key knowledge, skills and attitudes that CLTS facilitators must possess to excel in CLTS.

Article by Rose George in The Huffington Post, 27th October 2009

Read how CLTS is turning around rural sanitation in Mozambique