posted on 2018-11-08, 12:11authored byMoses Lengewa, Nikolas Makotsi, M. Ikiara, S. Odondi, C. Olwal, D. Kurao
Since 2016, Amref Health Africa has been implementing the Kenya Sanitation and Hygiene Improvement Programme (K-SHIP) funded by Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) through the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF). The K-SHIP1 has formed and trained 6480 village sanitation committees (VSCs) on community-led total sanitation (CLTS). However, early to mid-2016, there was slow pace delivering villages ODF because VSCs` capacity-building was not emphasized and streamlined. To accelerate the pace, the programme innovatively resorted to capacity-build VSCs which enabled the K-SHIP to achieve more ODF villages (149 in 2016 and 410 in 2017). This is after ensuring key competencies are acquired by VSCs through a 2-day training and on-job-orientation on CLTS incorporating Sanitation Marketing and Equity & Inclusion during follow-ups. This paper aims to emphasise that to improve CLTS efficiency, sustainability and hence health outcomes and building up strong socio-economic-ODF-slippage-free communities, proper capacity building to VSCs is necessary.
History
School
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
Published in
Transformation towards sustainable and resilient WASH services: Proceedings of the 41st WEDC International Conference
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Citation
LENGEWA, M. ... et al, 2018. Capacity-building village sanitation committees accelerates and sustains communities open defecation free status. IN: Shaw, R.J. (ed). Transformation towards sustainable and resilient WASH services: Proceedings of the 41st WEDC International Conference, Nakuru, Kenya, 9-13 July 2018, Paper 2951, 5 pp.
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