URBAN SANITATION AT SCALE:CAN CLTS WORK IN URBAN

ENVIRONMENT?

Monday, 10th October 15.30-18.00Samuel Musyoki, Strategic Director of Programs

Plan International Kenya

Urban CLTS experiences from Mathare 10 Informal Settlement,

Nairobi - Kenya

Nairobi Kenya

•4 million people

•4th Largest City in Africa

•Home to Kibera 2nd largest Slum in Africa

•2.4 million people live in slums-Kibera & Mathare are the largest

SLUMS ARE NOT ABOUT TO GO AWAY!

Mathare 10 Urban CLTS Pilot Project

o 2007: CLTS started by Plan in Kenya in 2007-Rural

o Urban CLTS Start date: May –June 2010 o Partnership: Plan, Community Cleaning

Services (CCS);o 4 villages: Thayu, Mashimoni, Nyangau and

Gumba) -population of 15-20,000 o Collaborators: City Council of Nairobi &

private sector player

Project Implementation process

• Community mobilization & hands-on CLTS Training of 30-35;

• Triggering & citizen action planning;• Follow-up;• Re-triggering & targeted triggering;• Round table sessions with key stakeholders • Creating opportunities for solutions-

engagement spaces, business, technology

Complexity of Issues

Scope of the Problem & Challenges

Poor maintenance of existing Toilets

Poor disposal of drained shit

Scarcity of Land Poor Governance

Poor management of Solid Waste

Open Defecation

Open Sewer lines

Sanitation situation

Achievements

Achievements• Natural Leaders, institutional champions

committed to seeing better sanitation & hygiene;

• Progress towards ODF & better hygiene & sanitation;

• Triggering citizen collective action: demand for better sanitation services;

• Increased demand for cleaning services;

Demand for Quality Community Cleaning Services

Before Cleaning After Cleaning

Achievements• Demolition of the

“helicopter toilets” by the community

• They realized these are health hazard

The demolished so called “Helicopter Toilet” draining into a river

Achievements• Private sector response to demand Installation

model toilets, at a cost of $200 and $0.03 per use)

Achievements

GIS Mapping & Social Media

Maps Include OD areas, latrines (functional/non-functional) + helicopter type!, water kiosks (legal and illegal connections, garbage collection points, open and/or clogged drainage systems, schools, health facilities, etc

Achievements

• Support by key stakeholders (tenants, landlords, leadership, CCN, MOPHS, private sector;

• Sanitation as an operational targets+ Scale-up of UCLTS demand;

Local administration in a stakeholders’ forum on sanitation in Mathare Slums

Challenges• Participation during triggering-low turnout as

people are busy during the day• Low sense of community –cohesion • Limited or no space for mapping on the ground-

busy and dirty• Land tenure –insecurity for investment in

private sanitation facilities• Weak or lack of good political will• Weak coordination, regulation and

enforcement of city by-laws

Opportunities• New Constitution 2010 –Sanitation as a right;• Sanitation in the political agenda -2012 elections;• Media campaign to profile urban sanitation challenges• City Council of Nairobi Rapid Results Initiative –

sanitation targets and performance contracts;• ICT & Social Media: GIS mapping & blogging; • Demand for UCLTS in all Nairobi informal settlements;• Urbanization trends- We can’t ignore slums

So does CLTS Work in Urban Environments

• CLTS in Urban Environments is Possible • It is more complex and called for multiplicity

of skills and partnerships