handwashing
Food hygiene, monitoring handwashing and the HIV/AIDS-sanitation link
How to Trigger for Handwashing with Soap
Triggering for handwashing in CLTS
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.
How to prevent goats from eating soap: an innovation to protect handwashing facilities
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.
Open defecation free takes centre stage in Mtalika village in Malawi
From the 6th to the 10th August 2012, IDS is convening an international workshop on CLTS Monitoring, Verification, Learning and Information Management in Lilongwe, Malawi. The aim of this specialised workshop is to bring together government and other actors to share learning.
Participants of the workshop are blogging about their learning, insights and reflections on the meeting this week.
Handwashing: Part and parcel of CLTS?!
Handwashing is a vital part of good sanitation and hygiene and the issue is always raised during triggering. If the community (and the facilitator) understands CLTS and its true meaning of cutting all faecal-oral contamination routes, there is no way handwashing will be left out.