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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.

The bi-lingual West Africa Regional Symposium on Sanitation and Hygiene (3-5 Nov 2009, Accra, Ghana) brought together about 140 participants from 17 countries. It was jointly organised by the Resource Centre Network Ghana, UNICEF, West Africa Water Initiative (WAWI), WaterAid, and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, and supported by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council.

On World Toilet Day 2009, the small community of Gora, in Ioba Province in the South West Region of Burkina Faso, decided to put a stop to open defecation.

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Summary and key points agreed at the workshop which was held from the 23rd to 25th September 2009 at the Key Resource Centre, Water and Sanitation Sector, Uttarakhand Academy of Administration, Nainital, India.

Letter to the Editor, published in the Nairobi Star, 19th November 2009

On the occasion of World Toilet Day 2009, the CLTS Team of Plan Kenya (Samuel Musyoki, Nancy Kanyago, Kihu Irimu and Dr David Owour) draw attention to the issues of sanitation, handwashing and hygiene, specifically in the Kenyan context, and tell the story of the children in Kilifi who have decided ‘not to take the shit anymore’ and blow the whistle on those caught defecating in the open.

For the third year running Plan Kenya, partners and communities will be celebrating World Toilet Day on the 19th November 2009. This year has seen more organizations join the growing CLTS network. These include SNV (The Netherlands Development Organization), World Vision and Oxfam UK among others. There is increased interest in piloting CLTS in low income settlements in Nairobi by organizations such UN HABITAT, Community Cleaning Services and Nairobi City Council. Kilifi is moving towards achieving their goal of becoming the first ODF district in Kenya.

Almost 60 participants from eight countries in the South East Asia and Pacific region gathered last week in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to talk about Community-led Total Sanitation.