World Toilet Day in Siaya
Read Philip Vincent Otieno’s account of the World Toilet Day celebrations in Siaya county, which included songs, dance, drama, comedy and poems to raise awareness of the dangers of open defecation.
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Read Philip Vincent Otieno’s account of the World Toilet Day celebrations in Siaya county, which included songs, dance, drama, comedy and poems to raise awareness of the dangers of open defecation.
CLTS newsletter produced by the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, supported by Plan Kenya, SNV, WSP and the CLTS Foundation. Includes interviews, news and articles relating to CLTS in Kenya.
Trigger is an Annual Report for the Pan African project Empowering self-help sanitation of rural and peri-urban communities and schools in Africa. It includes background information about the project, overviews of the 8 countries’ activities and progress as well as many interesting photos.
BBC Health Check’s Anna Lacey talks about sanitation and behaviour change with Dr Tsofa of KEMRI (Kenya Medical Research Institute) and other CLTS practitioners in Kilifi, Kenya in this short radio interview (6 minutes)
One pager on Natural Leaders’ networking by Philip Vincent Otieno, Plan Kenya.
One pager by Elizabeth Muiruri of Plan Kenya on how to involve the media to highlight CLTS initiatives
From the 21st to 25th February 2011, representatives of the eight Plan country offices that are part of the Pan African project Empowering self-help sanitation of rural and peri-urban communities and schools in Africa met in Awassa, Ethiopia, together with Plan Netherlands, Plan RESA (Region of East and Southern Africa) IDS and IRC for an annual review meeting.
In January 2011, Philip Vincent Otieno from the Plan Kenya CLTS Team conducted a CLTS training in East Pokot, sponsored by the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED). The training was held in Churo town which is mainly inhabited by the semi-nomadic Pokot community whose lives centre around their livestock. Latrine coverage is extremely low in the area (5%), and most people practice open defecation.
Report on the World Toilet Day celebrations in Kilifi, including a summary of the progress of CLTS in the district so far.