Resources: Case studies

Case study from Mardan, NWFP, of a 22 year old woman from a very conservative Pathan background, who initially worked as a volunteer hygiene promoter for Integrated Rural Support Programme (IRSP), trained in CLTS, PRA and other approaches and then felt empowered to mobilise awareness around sanitation and hygiene in her communities.

Case study on how various field level stakeholders interact to promote CLTS in their villages, based on the experience in Chikwina Health Centre in Nkhata Bay District
The study looked at Traditional Leaders, Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs, extension staff for health) and Natural Leaders as stakeholders in the CLTS process.

Case study on the effects of integrating CLTS into routine Health Surveillance Assistant (HSA) work (the extension staff for the health department) in Salima district, based on action research carried out at the Maganga Rural Health Centre.

New CLTS newsletter produced by the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, supported by Plan Kenya, SNV, WSP and the CLTS Foundation. Includes interviews, news and articles relating to CLTS in Kenya.
You can subscribe to the newsletter directly via the CLTS Kenya website

In East Africa, access to basic sanitation remains low, and intensive work is needed across the region to achieve sustained scaling up of sanitation. Determining how governments and non-governmental agencies can work together more effectively to achieve this goal is essential. This Learning Note highlights a learning exchange held for representatives from the Government of Tanzania and six non-governmental organizations. An initial outcome included consensus on a set learning questions to expand the knowledge base in areas such as equity and inclusion, sanitation marketing, and monitoring and evaluation.
WSP, November 2011

One pager by Karina Redick, Engineers Without Borders Canada on Participatory Follow Up Tools for CLTS

One pager by Vivian Mau, Engineers Without Borders Canada on Using competitions as an additional tool to motivate communities to achieve ODF

Plan Indonesia Project Highlight from July 2011, with details of the successes of the community-led water, sanitation and hygiene program (STBM).

To address the interconnected challenges of improving rural sanitation at large scale, WSP has tested an approach that combines Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and sanitation marketing, which draws on social and commercial marketing approaches.

Maintenant plus de 125 personnes utilisent leurs propres latrines à Vatambe et Emagnevy dans la Commune Rurale de Mahatalaky après un déclenchement de l’ATPC (Assainissement Totale Piloté par la Communauté) réalisé par l’ONG Azafady l’année dernière. Cette mise à jour pour le réseau Diorano-WASH de Madagascar rend compte des leçons tirées de l’initiative pilote de l’ATPC.

Lire la mise a jour

Report from the CLTS Training of District Assembly and other Extension Staff in Community-Led Total Sanitation which was held between the 3rd and the 16th April 2011 in Kasseh-Ada, Dangme East District GAR, Ghana, under the Local Service Delivery and Governance Programme.

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