Reporting back from the 37th WEDC Conference in Hanoi- Day 3
Blog on Day 3 of the WEDC Conference in Hanoi
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Reporting back from the 37th WEDC Conference in Hanoi- Day 1
It’s my 5th WEDC conference! This year the conference is in Hanoi, Vietnam co-hosted with the National University of Civil Engineering. WEDC Conference is a key international meeting attended by WASH policy and programme staff, academics, activists and experts. The papers will be available on-line shortly (www.wedc-knowledge.lboro.ac.uk) but in anticipation, here are some thoughts from the conference about the research and practice presented.
Public pledging for collective behaviour change
CLTS triggering can be powerful but is rarely attended by all members of a community. This weakens its impact and sustainability. On later visits it is quite common to find that people do not recollect triggering. An innovation in 7 GPs of Namkhana Block of the Sundarbans in West Bengal has found that public pledging is a way of overcoming these problems, reinforcing triggering and involving all adults in the community.
Date: 8 September 2014
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Estudo de sustentabilidade ODF (Plan)
Entre Março de 2012 e Outubro de 2013, Plan International realizou um estudo sobre a sustentabilidade da condição ODF em seus programas na África. Este estudo, efectuado em nome do Plano por FH Designs, realizado na Etiópia, Quênia, Serra Leoa e Uganda.
Date: 13 August 2014
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Étude sure la durabilité du statut FDAL (Plan)
Entre Mars 2012 et Octobre 2013, Plan International a mené des recherches sur la durabilité ODF dans leurs programmes en Afrique. Cette étude, réalisée pour le compte de régime par FH Designs, a été menée en Ethiopie, au Kenya, en Sierra Leone et en Ouganda.
L'étude a examiné les résultats des programmes ATPC exploités par Plan dans les quatre pays. Les données ont été recueillies en 4960 ménages dans 116 villages où l'ATPC a été déclenché et les communautés déclaré ODF deux ans ou plus avant l'étude a commencé. L'étude visait à répondre à trois questions:
Date: 13 August 2014
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Plan Ethiopia's Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene News, July 2014
Newsletter update from Plan Ethiopia detailing the activities and achievements of their three sanitation and hygiene projects: Scaling up
Community and School Led Total Sanitation (funded by UNICEF), Scaling up Sanitation in Rural, Urban and School areas (funded by Plan Netherlands) and Testing CLTS Approaches for Scalability Project (funded by Plan USA).
Date: 16 July 2014
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Fronteiras Edição 1: Desenvolvimento da Concepção Participativa para Saneamento
A sustentabilidade das latrinas é uma questão fundamental de CLTS. Solos arenosos ou rochosos, inundações sazonais e térmitas podem criar dificuldades às comunidades que assumiram elas próprias a responsabilidade do seu saneamento, como resultado do CLTS, e que estão a construir latrinas. O Manual de CLTS identifica a necessidade de abordagens da concepção participativa durante as sessões de acompanhamento com as comunidades capacitadas.
Date: 16 June 2014
Plan Ethiopia update on CLTS activities
Read the latest on Plan Ethiopia's CLTS activities, including ToTs to promote urban sanitation in 5 towns in Oromia and SNNPR, community triggeringm monitoring and review meetings in Oromia and hygiene promotion in Tigrai.
Date: 28 April 2014
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Impact of Indian Total Sanitation Campaign on Latrine Coverage and Use: A Cross-Sectional Study in Orissa Three Years following Programme Implementation
Article by Sharmani Barnard, Parimita Routray, Fiona Majorin, Rachel Peletz, Sophie Boisson, Antara Sinha, Thomas Clasen in PLoS ONE 8(8): e71438. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071438 based on research on the impact of the Indian Government's Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) on latrine coverage and use among 20 villages in Orissa.
Date: 28 April 2014
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Reflections on the IWC WASH Conference in Brisbane
I have been puzzling to understand why I found this conference so energising and such a good experience. In part it was the choreography and facilitation by Barbara Evans and others – what a difference it makes to have inventive ways of involving everyone and keeping us awake with bits of serious fun, and what a difference when facilitators and presenters are on top of their topics, have new things to share, are driven by controlled passion, and really enjoy themselves. And maybe there is something Ozzie about this – welcome, openness, informality, climate.