NEWENERGY
Experience with CLTS
Charles S. Nachinab
NewEnergy
Outline
1. NE in brief
2. CLTS overview
3. Experience
4. Challenges
5. Recommendations
6. Conclusion
Brief on newenergy • A Ghanaian dev’t NGO founded in 1994 • Vision: – An Environment of Socio-economic Prosperity Where
All People Live in Dignity
• Mission: – To work in partnership with local communities and
other stakeholders to increase and improve access to social services, infrastructure and other development opportunities to the underserved in Ghana
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our ThemaTic Programmes
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WASH – for improved health
Energy & Environment - for reclamation of marginal lands & bio-fuel
Sustainable Livelihoods - Creation of c’ty assets for income generation
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Upper Regions of Ghana
Southern Regions of Ghana
Tamale
our oPeraTionaL area – maP of nr
Togo
Ivory Coast
3rd poorest = only 4% in highest wealth quintile against national average of 22%
[Source: 2008 DHS]
Low WASH coverage Water = 62% Sanitation = <10% Hygiene = Not impressive
[Source: CWSA Records]
The above represent the reason for your needed support!!!
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Land mass = 70,384 sq. Km (i.e. About ⅓ of Ghana)
Population = 2,468,557 M=49% & F= 51%
Pop Density = 35 per sq. Km T’le (reg. capital) = 548 National = 102
Fastest growing region Intercensal growth rate
NR = 35.6% (highest in Ghana)
National = 28.1% [Source: 2010 PHC Provisional Results]
oPeraTionaL area – characTerisTics of nr
CLTS overview • Background: – Subsidies approach not providing enough impetus
for replication
• Process/Stages: 1. Pre-Triggering: • Introduction & rapport building • Briefing, Social mapping, Discovering local Title (CLTS),
etc.
2. Triggering:• Participatory Analysis & Ignition moment • Defecation mapping, Walk of shame, Glass of water,
Flow diagram, focus group discussions etc
Cont... 3. Post triggering • Action plan development • Training of local artisans• Follow-up visits
• Output: – Entry - - - 18 – Triggered - - 6 – ODF - - - 0 (not assessed yet)
• Partnering with Pacific Institute on testing and promoting of Community Choices Tool (CCT)
whaT we’re Doing... – cLTs
whaT we’re Doing... – hygiene PromoTion for Behaviour change
Hand washing Soakaway behind bathhouse & Clean backyard
Experience • Community members often refer to the
subsidies offered by some development partners.
• Innovativeness, affordability, adaptability and appropriateness are critical in sanitation options.
• Water and micro-credit are mostly the priorities of rural community members.
• Difficult to practice CLTS in large urban communities
Challenges • Most places are always bushy and therefore
convenient for open defecation to be practiced • Non-harmonisation of approaches and non-
commitment to CLTS – Subsidy still goes on by some DCEs, MPs, NGOs,
• Limited knowledge/skills in the construction of appropriate cheaper technology options
• EIG???
Recommendations
• CLTS as a national strategy should be vigorously supported and promoted by the District Assemblies and all other stakeholders in sanitation
• District Sanitation promotion forum should be organized to harmonize CLTS process in the districts
• Integrate EcoSan into sanitation promotion and delivery, especially for institutional latrines
Recommendations ...
• Intensify follow-up • And for sustainable sanitation for all,
communities empowered through CLTS process should be connected with commercially viable producers and suppliers of sanitation solutions
concLusion
• “Individual players win matches, but team players win games”
– Coach Dunga, Brazil 2010 FIFA World Cup Team
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