Hygiene Improvement At Scale

Renuka Bery, USAID/HIP

Learning Alliance SymposiumJune 7, 2005Delft, Netherlands

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The Hygiene Improvement Project

HIP is: a 5-year USAID-funded project (until

2009), led by AED, with partners ARD, IRC

Netherlands, and Manoff Group designed to achieve at-scale hygiene

improvement behavior change in 5 countries and through selected,

strategic activities, which are centered on 3 key hygiene

practices:

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Safe Feces Disposal

Hand washing

Safe Storage and Treatment of Water

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Scale Approaches

Multiple Approaches…HIP is testing some

SCALE Future Search Learning Alliances Open Space Appreciative Inquiry Others

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Characteristics of Scale for HIP

Start work at scale (not to scale up) Size and geography (TBD by

sponsors) Integrated, systems-approach of:

multiple levels multiple stakeholders multiple interventions multiple consumer/user options

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Why and how to hold a Search Conference

Sound “business” reason Right Stakeholder Mix Working with Stakeholders

Different levels Stakeholder, mixed, voluntary groups

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SEARCH Conference Processes

Explorationof thePAST

Review of the

PRESENT

Vision for the

FUTURE

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Unique Characteristics of Search Conferences

Facilitation Acknowledging Differences and

Problems Timeframe Participation Leading to Action Joint Learning

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Commitments for Action to Impact Behavior Change

MediaNGOs

Schools

Donors

HealthCenter

Comm. sector

FBOs

CBOs

Govt

Individual

Leading to improved and sustained practices…

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Challenges

Getting highest level decision makers to participate

Encouraging commitment from participants to attend entire 2.5 day workshop

Moving out of one’s comfort zone into the unknown (Leap of faith)

Finding a facilitator without a vested interest Buying into this “new” process

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How It WorkedPhilippines

Purpose Activities Implementation Impact

Moving the World from this….

….To This