Ghana has a clear national policy and strategic framework for clts. Essential role of women in communityled total sanitation. Also it is a valuable tool to create demand for sanitation services in communities. Working out when to phase in which one, and what the optimal order is, is still part of our emerging learning. Cambodia combining sanitation demand creation, sanitation supply chain.
The workshop was facilitated by kamal kar, the key pioneer of clts. Communityled total sanitation clts has become a widely popular demand led. Clts has proven effective in various settings and contexts, enabling communities to set their own goals and fulfill them with minimal external financial inputs. Pdf how does communityled total sanitation clts affect. The basic assumption is that no human being can stay unmoved once they have learned. Specifically directing its attempts and energy on children and school.
The communityled total sanitation toolkit is one of the support manuals developed for the rural water supply, sanitation and hygiene programme in the solomon islands. Communityled total sanitation tasked with ending open defecation in developing countries, open defecation is a major cause of diarrheal diseases, child. Communityled total sanitation clts facilitator manual. Handbook on communityled total sanitation communityled. Institutional challenges clts as a fad and some have their own version of community ledsubtle difference between functional participation to interactive participation or self mobilization struggle to streamline other approaches of sanitation with true empowerment encouraged in clts. The first wash msf was conducted in 2006 under the auspices of the european union water initiative for wash sector coordination. Communityled total sanitation in rural areas an approach that works february 2007 field note the water and sanitation program is an international partnership for improving water and sanitation sector policies, practices, and capacities to serve poor people sanitation programs have, for some time now, incorporated the need to raise awareness and. In 2008, 224 million people in subsaharan africa about onequarter of the population practiced open defecation, drastically increasing rates of intestinal disease and polluting drinking water sources. Slums in the outskirts of ulaanbaatar in mongolia locations where sources of water get contaminated with human excreta are important points to stop during a defecation area transect and discuss with the community.
Community led total sanitation is an approach that moves away from the promotion of sanitation at the household level with individual hardware subsidy and focuses on outcomes of defecationfree communities by triggering collective behavior for the community as a whole. Communityled total sanitation handbook by plan uk issuu. The term triggering is central to the clts process. Among the diverse approaches for delivering or implementing sanitation, the communityled total sanitation approach clts has gained immense popularity in recent times. The approach entails the facilitation of sanitation pro. It will be used to guide sanitation facilitators, and others working with villages, to trigger village action on taking control of sanitation and hygiene within their villages. An open letter in response to the world development report 2015. Jun 03, 2011 institutional challenges clts as a fad and some have their own version of community ledsubtle difference between functional participation to interactive participation or self mobilization struggle to streamline other approaches of sanitation with true empowerment encouraged in clts. What is community led total sanitation clts top things.
Community led total sanitation clts involves facilitating a process to inspire and empower rural communities to stop open defecation and to build and use latrines, without offering external subsidies to purchase hardware such as pans and pipes. Communityled total sanitation clts is a widely used. Increasingly, the clts communityled total sanitation approach is promoted by. Community led total sanitation in ghana findings from a situational assessment 1. Communityled total sanitation clts integrated approach to achieving and sustaining zero open defecation zod status utilizes participatory rural assessment pra methods analysis of own sanitation conditions collectively internalize the terrible impact of. Plan international usas testing clts approaches for scalability research project aims to advance rural sanitation efforts in kenya, ethiopia, ghana, and worldwide by improving the costeffectiveness and scalability of the communityled total sanitation clts approach through increased engagement of. The annual water, sanitation and hygiene wash multistakeholder forum msf is the most important wash sector event in ethiopia with over 300 participants. In some cases, the direct result is that the poorest households cannot acquire a latrine. It is an attempt to bring together experience, diversified practice and local. Communityled total sanitation tasked with ending open. This is an integrated approach to achieving and sustaining open defecation free odf status.
Communityled total sanitation clts involves facilitating a process to inspire and empower rural communities to stop open defecation and to build and use latrines, without offering external subsidies to purchase hardware such as pans and pipes. Update on some recent developments in communityled total sanitation kamal kar and petra bongartz. They are facilitated to conduct their own appraisal and analysis and take their own action to become open defecationfree. Following the worst drought in 60 years that hit somalia in 2011 with the massive displacement of men, women and children, hussein launched the community total sanitation clts venture in one of the internally displaced persons idp settlements in garowe in february 20. The long and the short of it communityled total sanitation.
Communityled total sanitation in rural areas an approach. Survey of recent sanitation achievement in himachal pradesh authored by. Communityled total sanitation clts is quickly taking the international development global aid world by storm. Amhara woreda resource book final water and sanitation program. This handbook focuses on igniting a change in sanitation behaviour rather than constructing toilets. Also available in chinese, arabic, french and spanish. This evaluation focuses on the effectiveness of a communityled total.
Update on some recent developments in communityled total. Sanitation marketing communityled total sanitation. The tssm approach marries the generation of demand both at the household level through sanitation marketing and at the community level through total sanitation. This handbook in nepali version has been found to be quite useful and popular in communities. Clts is now being promoted in 50 countries across asia, africa and latin america. Acquire skills to design and deliver a training program on communityled total. Communityled total sanitation clts is a communitywide behaviour change approach that mobilizes communities to undertake their own appraisal and analysis of sanitation issues and take their own actions to become open defecation free odf.
Communityled total sanitation clts is a widely applied rural behavior. Communityled total sanitation clts is an approach used mainly in developing countries to improve sanitation and hygiene practices in a community. Woreda resource book for communityled total behavior change in hygiene and sani tation 2 terms and definitions advocacy adequate hygiene behavior health extension program supervisor adequate sanitation ignite minimum standard reflecting total behavior change scaleup sustainable sanitation whole system in the room wsr 100%. Training of trainers manual on communityled total sanitation for india. Community led total sanitation clts is a promising approach that seeks to raise awareness of the faecaloral contamination route, and capitalises on human emotions of disgust and shame to bring about community wide change in defecation practices, the ultimate. This handbook on community led total sanitation clts, produced in collaboration with the institute of development studies ids in the uk, is aimed at enabling communities to analyse their sanitation conditions and collectively understand the impact of. Clts triggers community disgust toward open defecation practices and subsequently raises community awareness about how feces in the environment can impact health and. Community led total sanitation clts is a community wide behaviour change approach that mobilizes communities to undertake their own appraisal and analysis of sanitation issues and take their own actions to become open defecation free odf. Practical guide to triggering communityled total sanitation clts. Review is available at conformant html version of this. Total sanitation focuses on stopping open defecation and moving to hygienic sanitation at the village or community level.
One of the objectives of the panafrica programme is the empowerment of communities through the community led total sanitation clts process in eight african countries. The clts approach which has been successfully implemented in bangladesh is one which facilitates a process of empowering local communities to stop open defecation and to build and use latrines without support of any external hardware subsidy. This report of a study commissioned by the institute of development studies on the community led total sanitation clts site presents the findings of the survey that was conducted in himachal pradesh to assess the progress made by the state in rural sanitation, in the context. Impact evaluation of communityled total sanitation. The community motivation program, called the latrine promotion program lpp, was modeled after communityled total sanitation, which focuses on behavioral change and community mobilization in eliminating open defection. It is an attempt to bring together experience, diversified practice and local innovations from different countries and many sources. Mar 18, 2015 the community motivation program, called the latrine promotion program lpp, was modeled after communityled total sanitation, which focuses on behavioral change and community mobilization in eliminating open defection. Traditional sanitation programs usually distribute free or subsidised concrete slabs for toilets. The debate on clts vs the subsidy driven efforts of the government. Four years into the process and the stories and documents emerging from the countries show that particularly women are playing an important role in clts.
This handbook will increase understanding of the facts and processes. Unlike community led total sanitation clts, slts starts at the school and with the children. One of the objectives of the panafrica programme is the empowerment of communities through the communityled total sanitation clts process in eight african countries. As part of the nl capacity development process, a technical team composed of plan ghana, the. To combat this health threat, wawi partners decided to test community led total sanitation clts programs in mali, ghana, and burkina faso. Communityled total sanitation, open defecation free status, and ebola virus disease in lofa county, liberia jean meyer capps 1, haron njiru2, and pieter devries3 1jean capps associates, takoma park, maryland, usa 2haron njiru consulting, nairobi, kenya 3global communities, silver spring, maryland, usa the ebola virus disease evd epidemic entered liberia through lofa county in. Plan uk 56 underhill street london nw1 7hs, uk tel. Community led total sanitation pan american health. Communityled total sanitation making sanitation a community. His venture recruited and trained 60 communitybased hygiene promoters on participatory hygiene and community led.
What exactly is community led total sanitation clts. Communityled total sanitation clts has become a widely popular demandled. Iwash implemented communityled total sanitation clts, an internationallyrecognized approach to improving sustainable access to sanitation and safe hygiene practices. Communityled total sanitation clts integrated approach to achieving and sustaining zero open defecation zod status utilizes participatory rural assessment pra methods analysis of own sanitation conditions collectively internalize the terrible impact of od on public health and on the entire community. The thought behind it is if you educate the children about sanitation and hygiene and why it is important they will go home and convey this information to their family and their community, with a little pressure, and this will spark change. Amhara woreda resource book final water and sanitation. Communityled total sanitation, open defecation free status. Communityled total sanitation in ghana findings from a situational assessment 1.
The paper first provides the background and the context within which this clts training was undertaken. According to the institute of development studies it is now being used in more than 50 countries, of which at least 15 have made clts official national policy. It is an integrated approach that focuses on achieving and sustaining open defecation free odf status. Key literature communityled total sanitation and school.
Communityled total sanitation, open defecation free. Community led total sanitation clts is an approach used mainly in developing countries to improve sanitation and hygiene practices in a community. Essential role of women in communityled total sanitation irc. What is community led total sanitation clts top things to. An open letter in response to the world development report. Community led total sanitation is one of such approaches. Such programs have been implemented in over 60 countries worldwide. Communityled total sanitation clts is a promising approach that seeks to raise awareness of the faecaloral contamination route, and capitalises on human emotions of disgust and shame to bring about communitywide change in defecation practices, the ultimate. Update on some recent developments in communityled.
Clts means community led total sanitation that mobilises communities to completely eliminate open defecation. As a response, the communityled total sanitation clts approach was developed, aiming to create open defecationfree odf communities kar and chambers 2008. This handbook on community led total sanitation clts, produced in collaboration with the institute of development studies ids in the uk, is aimed at enabling communities to analyse their sanitation conditions and collectively understand the impact of open defecation on public health and their environment. Community led total sanitation is based on stimulating a collective sense of disgust and shame among community members as they confront the crude facts about mass open defecation and its negative impacts on the entire community. What is community led total sanitation clts all about.
Community led total sanitation in rural areas an approach that works february 2007 field note the water and sanitation program is an international partnership for improving water and sanitation sector policies, practices, and capacities to serve poor people sanitation programs have, for some time now, incorporated the need to raise awareness and. Plan uk is a childcentred community development organisation with no religious or political affiliations. Adoption of communityled total sanitation guidance for programming of clts in tearfundsupported projects written by frank greaves cover photos by frank greaves tearfund and layton thompson tearfund inside photos by frank greaves tearfund design. The community led total sanitation toolkit is one of the support manuals developed for the rural water supply, sanitation and hygiene programme in the solomon islands. By february 2014, 98 of 115 clts communities had been certified as open defecation free odf, meaning they. Social sustainability seven steps to community led total. Community led total sanitation the resolution project.
To combat this health threat, wawi partners decided to test communityled total sanitation clts programs in mali, ghana, and burkina faso. Communityled total sanitation in ghana water institute. Among the diverse approaches for delivering or implementing sanitation, the community led total sanitation approach clts has gained immense popularity in recent times. Communityled total sanitation clts linkedin slideshare. Communityled total sanitation clts is an approach used by 12 countries in this. It focuses on spontaneous and longlasting behavior change of an entire community. Communityled total sanitation clts is an approach to improving.
Community led total sanitation clts is an innovative methodology for mobilising communities to completely eliminate open defecation od. Insights on what works from malawi the community led total sanitation clts approach was introduced to malawi in 2008. Communities are facilitated to conduct their own appraisal and analysis of open defecation od and take their own action to become odf open defecation free. Sep 16, 2016 communityled total sanitation tasked with ending open defecation in developing countries, open defecation is a major cause of diarrheal diseases, child mortality and even sexual assault against. National policies and strategies for sanitation and hygiene in ghana demonstrate strong support for clts across several ministries and advocate action at all levels of government. Communityled total sanitation handbook published on oct 16, 2009 this handbook enables communities to analyse their sanitation capacity. Before i describe clts in a research study to test its effectiveness, i should emphasize that there is a practice that continuing between one time short term information treatments in periodic long term interventions. We make longterm commitments to children in poverty and assist. Update on some recent developments in communityled total sanitation. Role of implementation factors for the success of communityled. For viet nam, a standard clts training manual and supporting materials.