The Community-Managed Sanitation Programme in Kerala: learning from experience

K. Balachandra Kurup et al. (1996)

Relates the experiences in the sanitation programme of the Socio-Economic Units (SEUs), which began in 1989 as a component of the rural water supply programme financed by the Indian, Dutch and Danish governments. The four SEUs carry out the socio-economic activities in water with the Kerala Water Authority and design and implement the sanitation programme on their own. The programme goal is to provide poor households with permanent, good quality latrines, in such a way that they appreciate the facility and use it properly.This is one of the relatively few comprehensive descriptions of an Asian experience with community-managed sanitation programmes. Learning form experience was one of the major thrusts of the programme. The sharing of this programme's strategies, approaches and experiences should be of use to all those interested and involved in community-based social development.

Target audience: policy makers, planners, social scientists and social transformers

Prepared with financial assistance from Danida.

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Project and Programme Paper no. 4-E, xiii, 80 pages, 13 references. Illustrated.

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