Africa

Reflections on Plan’s CLTS programme in Homa Bay by Tatiana Thieme (University of Cambridge, based on her visit on June 24th and 25th 2010.

Guidelines for post-triggering follow up, put together by EWB Volunteer Ashley Raeside, in collaboration with Malawi district CLTS leaders.

“Triggering is only the beginning of the change process. Quality follow-up visits are needed at appropriate times to ensure the envisioned change occurs and is sustained.”

Short note on the ODF celebrations of two villages in Jimma Programme Unit in February 2010. Includes useful statistics on numbers of communities declared ODF since 2007, total population size of these communities and numbers of latrines constructed.

Article on CLTS in Makanda, Mchinji district, Malawi by Claire Ngozo in the Daily Times, 25th February 2010.

Lessons drawn from the adaptation of CLTS to the urban context in Mauritania. Eight urban neighbourhoods in the town of Rosso, which has 32,000 inhabitants, are now ODF and 67 more are in the follow up phase.

Celebrations took place in Homabay on 11th May 2010 when a total of 8 villages were declared ODF.

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

by Philip Vincent Otieno

This evaluation sought to asses the suitability of CLTS as the preferred approach to rural sanitation based on the experience with four CLTS pilot projects. It found that the pilots significantly improved sanitation coverage and practices in the communities within the 18 months of implementation and makes recommendations for adopting the approach as a national strategy.

Update from WaterAid Ghana (November 2009) which focuses on the introduction of CLTS in Gozakope, a rural community in the Dangme West District.

Short update on the progress of CLTS in Mali, with data from a field assessment of the first ODF villages triggered in 2009. Includes photos. In English and French.