Innovative monitoring method for hand washing facility usage
Case study of Jimu village where community members have come up with an innovative way of monitoring whether handwashing facilities are actually being used.
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Case study of Jimu village where community members have come up with an innovative way of monitoring whether handwashing facilities are actually being used.
In many communities, soap placed at handwashing stations disappears because goats (or other animals) eat it. Communities in Malawi have found a simple but innovative way to prevent this.
Shared by Noel Khunga, Environmental Health Officer, Malawi.
Poignant case study on why harmonisation of approaches between all players involved in CLTS in a given context is vital for success and how NGO activities (however well intended) can end up undermining local government.
Read the case study by Michael Kennedy, EWB Canada in Malawi
The Pan African CLTS Programme ‘Empowering self-help sanitation of rural and peri-urban communities and schools in Africa’ aims to (1) to reduce infant and child morbidity and mortality in 8 African countries and (2) to empower rural and peri-urban communities through the use of CLTS/ School Led Total Sanitation (SLTS) and Urban Community Led Total Sanitation (UCLTS).
From the 27th February to the 1st March, the second annual review meeting of the Pan African programme Empowering self-help sanitation of rural and peri-urban communities and schools in Africa
Case study from Chitipa District Council on the effectiveness of Natural Leaders and how they can best be utilised for CLTS success. This study presents suggestions for potential changes which can be made regarding support to Natural Leaders so that they can work at scale in Malawi.
By Karina Redick, Junior Fellow 2011, Malawi Water and Sanitation Team, EWB Canada
Case study on the effects of integrating CLTS into routine Health Surveillance Assistant (HSA) work (the extension staff for the health department) in Salima district, based on action research carried out at the Maganga Rural Health Centre.