Case studies and discussions in the Practitioners Seminar
A selection of the case presentations in the Practioners Seminar, from a section 3.3 in the 'Summary and proceedings report'.
3.3.1 Nsumba Twezimbe Salaam Women’s Club – Uganda
02 Oct 08
This project was founded by a club of six women in the Rakai district of Uganda with the initial goal of income generation in direct response to the HIV/AIDS scourge in the area. Sanitation and hygiene was integrated later and became the main goal.
3.3.2 CLTS as a working approach: Experiences of Plan Ethiopia
02 Oct 08
Open defecation is common practice in many areas of Ethiopia resulting in high diarrhoeal incidence/ prevalence. An effective approach is needed for hygiene and sanitation development. Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) was introduced and community members are involved and take the lead in all project phases from problem identification through to monitoring and evaluation.
3.3.3 Community health club approach – Case study of Katakwi in Uganda
02 Oct 08
The approach relies entirely on community empowerment for health and development issues. There are four major components being implemented in phases.
3.3.4 Youth spearheading hygiene and environmental awareness: Kiambu Experience
02 Oct 08
Youth are important stakeholders in hygiene, water, sanitation and environmental interventions, the youth need to upscale their interventions to reach a larger population. Community participation is important in hygiene, water, sanitation and environment interventions sustainability
3.3.5 Cluster approach - WaterAid Uganda
29 Oct 08
The project works with the community focussing on awareness creation and sensitisation on sanitation and hygiene through the formation of clusters of 10 households.
3.3.6 Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Tanzania: Roles and Responsibilities
29 Oct 08
The ministry defined its roles and responsibilities as policy formulation, legislation, guidelines, standards, supervision, monitoring and evaluation and research.
3.3.7 Impact of ecological sanitation on households and schools in Northern Malawi
29 Oct 08
This programme offers sanitation and hygiene options using a marketing approach to households. So far Ecological sanitation has proven to be an option that has increasingly become popular among households and schools in the impact areas. Furthermore, EcoSan has triggered a massive change in behaviours of households and school pupils.
3.3.8 Madagascar – School friends of WASH in Madagascar
29 Oct 08
The WASH National Committee promoted sanitation and hygiene in the neighbourhoods through a photo competition in primary schools.
3.3.9 Adequate Sanitation - Tanzania
29 Oct 08
The success of the project has been attributed to stakeholder partnerships namely local NGOs as partners of WaterAid Tanzania, Water User Groups and hygiene promoters at village level. In terms of resources financial support came from WaterAid, other NGOs provided stationery, transport and allowances.
3.3.10 Hygiene and sanitation at scale in Amhara Region CLTS - Ethiopia
29 Oct 08
The project aimed at creating common ground among stakeholders, signing memoranda of understanding among WASH sectors and organising sustainable hygiene and sanitation activities.
