
Azafady's Project Magnampy focuses on sanitation and potable water provision, leading communities to implement their own sanitation solutions and to secure safe water sources, drawing on the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) methodology to facilitate sustained change.
Azafady's agents triggered CLTS in six hamlets across the fokontany of Beandry, in September 2011. 12 months later a total of 101 latrines had been constructed using only locally available materials and are in use by 223 households containing 1,038 people -- 100% of the total population.
57 open defecation sites have been cleared, particularly around coffee and fruit trees, with households reporting direct health and livelihood benefits including a reduction in diarrhoeal diseases as well as increased coffee and fruit harvests and, subsequently, increased income. The community has also organised a dina (local law) prohibiting open defecation in and around Beandry, with a fine of 10,000 Ariary (approximately £3) imposed for anybody not respecting this rule.
A high profile celebration was held in Beandry on 8th-9th November 2012 in recognition of the community's historic achievement: Beandry is the first fokontany in Mahatalaky Rural Commune and the whole Anosy Region to be certified as open defecation free.