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A PRESENTATION FROM PRONET NORTH. 2rd AFRAM SKUUL OF INNOVATION MARCH, 2011 UPPER WEST REGION WA. The Viisse story. CLTS. Context. High level of illiteracy rate High poverty levels of the people Under developed High level of environmental degradation - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
2rd AFRAM SKUUL OF INNOVATION
MARCH, 2011UPPER WEST REGION
WA
CLTS
ContextHigh level of illiteracy rate High poverty levels of the people Under developed High level of environmental degradation
High level of OD an accepted practice over the years
Learning objectiveTo learn experiences of Community Led-Total Sanitation implementation in Upper West Region
Where is ViisseLocated in Wa East DistrictAbout 30 to 45 minutes drive from Wa, the district capital
Approximately 96 km to district capital
Is a piloted CLTS community
CharacteristicsPopulation at time of implementation: 15029 HouseholdsStrong leadershipCommon interest
Triggering responseOutcome of triggering was ‘match box in a gas station’
3 natural leaders emergedMembers were triggered after a water demonstration
Achievement• Attained 100% ODF in 2009• Community provided a latrine for the school to
ensure total sanitation• Currently experiencing a spill over: Natural
leaders supporting nearby communities to address OD
• Health status of communities has improved (according to the community, there has been no sickness over the past 1 year)
• Currently putting up sanitation market with a credit fund
Challenges during implementation• Initial demand for subsidy due to past
experiences.• Communities initiative of latrine construction
delayed due to the season(the peak of farming season)
• Lack of follow up after attaining ODF due to one year project cycle
• Loose soil led to a seasonal collapse of pits• High level of poverty accounting to
community constructing and using only one type of latrine (unlined)
• Standards and specifications from Local Government vrs ability of community members
Significant changes
• Emergence of natural leaders who have triggered nearby communities e.g. Nandomeyiri who have also taken collective action in constructing latrines to end OD.
• Complete eradication of feaco-oral diseases (diarrhoea, typhoid, cholera)
• Reduction of hospital attendance as the story of rushing sick patients to health centres is a thing of the past( 1 year)
Significant changes continuedNot a single fowl of Viisse has died (coccidiocisis) for the past one year as it stand that feeding on an effected shit escalate the spread, in the event of an outbreak
The Community has constructed a traditional latrine for the school to forestall total sanitation
OPEN DEFECATION
Action towards ending OD
CWSA REGIONAL DIRECTOR VISIT TO VIISSE
LATRINE AND BATHHOUSE IN VIISSE
END OF PRESENTATION
THANK YOU BARIKA