Africa

Amaka Godfrey, May 2009
WSP

The One Million Initiative is a six year programme partnership between the Dutch Government and UNICEF that aims to support the efforts of the Mozambique Government to ensure adequate water supply and sanitation and the adoption of improved hygiene practices for a million rural people in 18 districts, of which 6 are in Tete province, 6 in Sofala province and 6 in Manica province.

Amaka Godfrey, February 2010
WSP

This report documents the application of CLTS in Nampula under the ASNANI project, with special emphasis on the lessons learned with respect to the triggering methodology, community and individual incentives, evaluation of open defecation free status, capacity-building needs and costs.

Report by Amsalu Negussie, Regional WatSan Advisor, Plan. Also includes a visit report by Christian Kukurah, Plan Sierra Leone.

Between the 7th and 12th March 2010, twelve participants from seven Plan countries (Malawi, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) took part in a Learning Visit to Jimma, Ethiopia. The visit was designed to facilitate learning from the successes and challenges of one of the Programme Units (Jimma) in Ethiopia. It also aimed to increase networking among Plan staff in the region in order to support the CLTS movement in Africa

by Philip Vincent Otieno, Program Facilitator, Plan Kenya, Homabay

Brief account of the celebrations in Kochogo where three villages were declared ODF on the 19th April 2010. Contains interesting examples of how the communities overcame challenges like collapsing soil (“Where there is a will, there is a way”!), and how a strong crude slogan has helped to spread the message and change behaviour.

An example of how successful CLTS activities in one village can inspire and jump-start neigbouring areas into following suit. The story of Manera also shows the importance of ‘campaigns’ that carry the message of good sanitation and hygiene beyond the boundaries of a given community.

News update from Philip Vincent Otieno, Plan Kenya, Homa Bay

I am glad to announce to you that once again, Homabay DA has registered
another ODF. Four villages have today been declared ODF following a
fruitful follow up and verification exercise that took place yesterday (23rd March 2010).

Short account of Manera’s long but successful journey to ODF by Philip Vincent Otieno of Plan Kenya.

In the Zambian soap opera Banja on muvitv , CLTS has become a hot topic!

Banja is televised every weekday at 20:00 hrs Zambian time, except Wednesdays when it is shown at 19:00. It is repeated on Sundays as an omnibus from 10:45 -12:00.

Case study of CLTS in Muungano village in Mvumi Dodoma by Joyce Ndesamburo, Advisor Governance WaSH, SNV Tanzania.

One page poster that summarises the key differences between BASIC and IMPROVED latrines, according to Malawi’s National Sanitation Policy (prepared 2008).