The third African Conference on Sanitation and Hygiene, AfricaSan 3, took place in Kigali, Rwanda from the 19th to the 21st July 2011. CLTS was very well represented at the conference. Dr Kamal Kar gave a lead address, a thematic session on CLTS in Africa was well attended and included more than 15 speakers from a variety of countries and organisations; and many delegates visited the CLTS exhibition stall so that publications disappeared like hotcakes.

Read reflections on AfricaSan by CLTS practitioners on the blog

CLTS Sharing and Learning Workshop at AfricaSan
Background

The pre-conference CLTS Sharing and Learning workshop convened by IDS brought together almost 70 participants and included very useful sharing and discussion on topics ranging from scaling up with quality, menstrual hygiene, inclusion, M&E, urban CLTS, ICTs to sustainability, government’s role, support to Natural Leaders and involvement of children.

Read about the discussions at the pre-conference workshop

Thematic Session:CLTS in Africa: Experiences, challenges and ways forward

View the session programme

Presentations

• Overview of progress with CLTS in the West and Central Africa and East and Southern Africa regions (Jane Bevan, UNICEF)

Local level champions and actions

• Peer learning and support systems for CLTS in Malawi (Chelsey Rhodes, EWB)
• Role of district level reflection and government leadership in scaling up CLTS in Kenya (Chiranjibi Tiwari, SNV)
• Supporting Champions at all levels in Zambia (Wiscot Mwanza, Plan)
• Supporting Natural Leaders for CLTS scale up in Sierra Leone (Ramatu Jalloh, UNICEF)

Strategies and practices for scaling up

• Working on sustainability of CLTS in Malawi (Ulemu Chiluzi, Plan)
• The interface between CLTS and Sanitation Marketing in Uganda (Carol Nabalema, Plan)
• Coordination at National Level for Scaling up CLTS in Ghana (Kweku Quansah, Directorate of Environmental Health and Sanitation)
• Post-triggering follow up and going to scale with CLTS in Mali (Modibo Diallo, National Directorate of Sanitation)

Frontiers for CLTS

• Facilitating Artisan Fairs for CLTS (Ada Oko-Williams, WaterAid)
• Scaling up Community Led Total Sanitation in Nigeria (Lonis Salihu, Ministry of Water Resources, Nigeria)
• School-led Total Sanitation in Ethiopia (Atnafe Beyene, Plan)
• Urban Community-led Total Sanitation in Nairobi, Kenya (Rose Nyawira, Community Cleaning Services)
• ICTs & CLTS: Using Participatory GIS & Mobile Technology for M&E (Samuel Musyoki, Plan)