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We are on our way to Msulwa Primary school where the celebrations to mark the World Toilet Day are being held. We get lost and stop to ask an elderly woman who turns out to be heading to Msulwa too. After giving her a ride, she tells us of how her village is trying to reach the ODF target. “Twajitahidi sana kujenga vyoo ili tusile mavi tena”. (We are trying hard to build toilets, so as not to eat faeces again) she says.
Plan Kenya, Machakos Programme Unit (PU) received a four year grant from the European Union to support implementation of community programs in water and sanitation. This is being carried out in two districts namely Masinga and Matungulu. One of the key expected outcomes is attainment of Open Defecation Free communities in the two districts through CLTS approach. To date, 56 villages have been triggered and 20 with a population of 15,250 persons have attained ODF (awaiting certification).
Percik is a quarterly-published magazine on CLTS (STBM) as well as WASH topics more generally.
This publication by the Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) presents, through over 20 case studies, examples of best practices in rural sanitation that have taken place across India, both at the village and the state or district level.
Two reports on urban CLTS in Nanded submitted by students of the Tata Institute of Social Work, Mumbai, India.
The CLTS programme in Budni Block, Madhya Pradesh, India, supported by UNICEF, aims to obtain the first-of-its-kind model resource ODF Block in Madhya Pradesh, through CLTS. The programme uses a combination of innovative M&E applications to track progress and manage follow up: Google Earth an Google Fusion offer powerful tools for fine-tuning implementation, triggering and follow-up strategies to accelerate progress towards ODF.
This case study describes and analyses a six-day Training of Facilitators (TOF) workshop on the CLTS methodology in East Timor, which was held in November 2011. It describes how CLTS has been adapted to the Timorese context (where there is limited experience with community facilitation and mobilization and there has been a long period of subsidy for infrastructure generally) how the workshop was planned and implemented, how the
practice sessions were organized in the villages, and what was learned from the workshop about how to do CLTS training and how to facilitate the triggering process.
In Zambia, the CLTS legal enforcement approach is being used for urban and peri urban sanitation development. Drawing on the Public Health Act, the approach targets sanitation and hygiene in public places such as government, schools and hospitals, as well as in food establishments, lodges and markets.
Find out more about the legal enforcement approach to urban CLTS
