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KEBELE
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ACTIVITIES OBSERVED:
STAKEHOLDER/S
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DATE OF DEBRIEF WITH
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TEAM
1. PROGRAMME BACKGROUND
The purpose of the programme is to collaborate and work with the Ethiopian
Somali Regional State Government (ESRS) to improve access to quality and
sustainable basic services - Education, Health and WASH - in the 15 agreed
woredas and further support in capacity building and strengthening institutions
through providing trainings, creating forum for panel discussion and exposure
visits,
2. PURPOSE OF THE VISIT:
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Outputs
Review of activities and
progress updates by PDP
staff.
House Hold Latrine
Promotion and Progress
Assessment of latrine
construction progress,
workmanship, quality
and material resource
Walk through target
villages, discuss CLTSH
progress, and provide
encouragement and
support.
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Urgent
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Conclusions
This report aims to draw a line under the successful pilot phase of CLTSH approach in
Somali region and to suggest the way forward with the Regional Scaling Up strategy.
CLTSH is one important strategy for stopping OD and leads to sustainable
behavioural changes. It has significant potential to empower many people to
construct low cost latrines and therefore to improve the national coverage for
sanitation.
The CLTSH projects undertaken in SOMALI REGION have demonstrated approaches
that can rapidly change perception and attitude of communities towards sanitation
practices and inspire actions to take up improved services. This has offered an
opportunity for creating the momentum needed to accelerate and sustain access to
improved sanitation across the region in order to contribute towards achieving the
targets for sanitation. Much as the effectiveness of the approach is well appreciated
by many actors at all levels, the broad understanding and appreciation of the
technicality and the resource implications for proper application of CLTSH is still
limited and a number of interest groups are not yet satisfied with the approach.
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Recommendations
The recommendations seek to consolidate the successes and address the challenges
encountered in the implementation of the CLTSH in order to inform the subsequent
scale up of the approach. CLTS is a relatively new concept in our region, and much
needs to be done to develop the approach and the necessary strategies to support
the expansion and wider understanding of the concept among all stakeholders in
sanitation improvement in Somali region.
The results of the CLTSH have been very significant in communities in the shortest
time. Our regional state needs to move forward and institutionalize the CLTS
approach in order to observe the power and impact of local communities collective
action in rapidly attaining open defecation free status. It is however important that
the right steps are followed in order to have maximum impact of CLTSH. Overall, the
team recommends the adoption of CLTSH as the National Approach for rural
sanitation in Somali region and all other regions in ETHIOPIA.
We also, highly recommend that the PDP staffs to collaborate with stakeholders in
order to create awareness among the villages to use the water purifier (tulip)
properly and also make an experience sharing with other villages or towns.
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