Dan Kapatuka

Empowerment is key to sustaining clean environment around schools

Empowerment of primary school learners is an area that is needed to be considered seriously if total sanitation is to be realized. I was part of the team that visited Achilet Primary Schools in Uganda’s Tororo District alongside colleagues from Plan International’s Australia, Kenya, and Uganda Offices as well as colleagues from research institutions like Institute for Development Studies (IDS) – UK and the International Water Center (IRC) Netherlands. The clean environment was witness to the activeness of both learners and teachers at the school.

Improving data collection and reporting

My attention during the workshop was caught by a joint presentation made by Indonesian government officials and Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) on Improving Data Collection and Reporting in East Java. Use of short message service (SMS) to monitor the progress of household access to improved sanitation was not only interesting but also a learning point where I thought we can adopt the same system in Malawi through arrangement with a Mobile Phone Service Provider.

Impressions from Day 2 of the Pan Africa workshop

Participants were divided into 4 groups to discuss the different expectations that were pulled from all the participants during the first day of the meeting.

The expectations were grouped as follows:

Natural Leaders
Sanitation Marketing
Children and SLTS
Scaling Up

Community-Led Total Sanitation

Dan Kapatuka

Empowerment is key to sustaining clean environment around schools

Improving data collection and reporting

Impressions from Day 2 of the Pan Africa workshop

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