Natural leaders

by Anupma Verma, Knowledge Links, India

One pager on how Natural Leaders in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttrakhand and Meghalaya in India are being used as community consultants to inspire other villages.

UNICEF Sanitation and Hygiene Case Study #6

Account of how Chief Macha has led the CLTS campaign ‘No shit, please! One family, one toilet.’ in Choma and how this, together with the involvement of other traditional leaders, has boosted efforts to transform rural sanitation in the country.

July-September 2009 issue (includes a special report on Female Natural Leaders)

October to December 2009 issue (includes a special report on Training of Natural Leaders)

Enamul Huda (2009)

This paper which forms part of the IDS research project Going to Scale? The Potential of Community-led Total Sanitation draws up a profile of Natural Leaders (NL) in Bangladesh and explores their market promotion. It is based on data collected through action research with NGOs such as CARE-SDU, VERC and Dishari (DAM-Plan Bangladesh).

‘Living Blue’ is the brand name for the textiles that have been produced by Nijera Cottage and Village Industries (NCVI), a private limited company set up by producers to represent the various social enterprises which they own as autonomous financial entities.

‘Living Blue’, a brand that stands for high quality, hand-made products, is an example of how CLTS can build the solidarity and empower communities to engage in other livelihood-related activities beyond sanitation.