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