This document summarizes NewEnergy's experience with CLTS (Community-Led Total Sanitation) in northern Ghana. [1] It provides an overview of CLTS processes and stages, and discusses challenges faced including open defecation practices, lack of harmonization of sanitation approaches, and limited knowledge of affordable sanitation technologies. [2] Recommendations include vigorously supporting CLTS as a national strategy, organizing district sanitation promotion forums, integrating ecosan options, and connecting empowered communities with sanitation solution suppliers. [3] The conclusion emphasizes the importance of teamwork in achieving sustainable sanitation for all.

1. NEWENERGY
Experience with CLTS
Charles S. Nachinab
NewEnergy

2. Outline
1. NE in brief
2. CLTS overview
3. Experience
4. Challenges
5. Recommendations
6. Conclusion

3. 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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4. our ThemaTic
Programmes
WASH – for improved health
Energy & Environment Sustainable Livelihoods
- for reclamation of marginal lands & bio-fuel - Creation of c’ty assets for income generation
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5. our oPeraTionaL area – maP of nr
Upper Regions of Ghana
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6. oPeraTionaL area – characTerisTics of nr
 Land mass = 70,384 sq. Km (i.e.  3rd poorest = only 4% in highest
About ⅓ of Ghana) wealth quintile against national
 Population = 2,468,557 average of 22%
 M=49% & F= 51% [Source: 2008 DHS]
 Pop Density = 35 per sq. Km  Low WASH coverage
 T’le (reg. capital) = 548  Water = 62%
 National = 102  Sanitation = <10%
 Fastest growing region  Hygiene = Not impressive
 Intercensal growth rate [Source: CWSA Records]
 NR = 35.6% (highest in
Ghana) The above represent the reason for
 National = 28.1% your needed support!!!
[Source: 2010 PHC Provisional Results]
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7. 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

8. 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)

9. whaT we’re Doing...
– cLTs

10. whaT we’re Doing...
– hygiene PromoTion for Behaviour change
Hand washing Soakaway behind bathhouse
& Clean backyard

11. 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

12. 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???

13. 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

14. 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

15. concLusion
• “Individual players win matches, but team
players win games”
– Coach Dunga, Brazil 2010 FIFA World Cup Team
fooD for ThoughT!!!

16. Thank U