Mise en oeuvre de l’Assainissement Total Piloté par la Communauté (ATPC) dans quinze (15) villages du Département de Tiassalé, Côte d’Ivoire

Defecating in the open is 43% nationally and 63% in rural areas. Despite the many promotions for latrines in Côte d'Ivoire, their use remains low. To help understand the health risks associated with defecating in the open, UNICEF with the government and NGOs have developed the initiative of Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in two villages in the department Tiassalé pilot area of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

From the group discussions, mapping of the resources of the villages, a walk across the defecation sites when calculating the amount of faeces, an awareness of communities led to the decision and seeking of local solutions and without subsidy to stop defecating in the open. The communities have known that they had the human potential and local resources to build latrines for each household.