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