The CLTS approach was first developed in Bangladesh in 1999 by Dr Kamal Kar, a consultant working with Village Education Resource Centre (VERC) and supported by WaterAid. Since then the approach has spread rapidly, being taken up by several other NGOs as well as donor supported government programmes.
The Government of Bangladesh has set itself the target of achieving 100% sanitation by 2010, five years ahead of the MDG target.
