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GOAL Sierra Leone CLTS Case Study

Cleanliness is Next to Godliness

Location

Simbaru Community in the Punduru Peripheral Health Unit (PHU) catchment is

one of !" communities supported by GOAL in Gorama #ende Chiefdom$%enema &istrict$ Sierra Leone' Gorama #ende is one of the most marinalisedchiefdom in the district due to its inaccessibility' t has an appro*imatepopulation of +,$-!! people and a larely rural subsistence ariculture basedeconomy .ith a lo. le/el of allu/ial diamond minin alon the Se.a ri/er'

Community Led Total Sanitation Initiation

On the 0thof April ,!!1 the people of Simbaru .ere /isited by a team of GOALfacilitators$ .ho presented their plans to 2study community beha/iours3(implement CLTS) in their community' n collaboration .ith the community the

facilitators areed upon a date for the 2study3 (trierin process)' On the 4th

April,!!1$ a team of three GOAL facilitators triered CLTS in Simbaru community$usin the standard set of CLTS tools'

The Simbaru community$ .ho had anticipated that an i5GO that planned toaddress sanitation issues in their community .ould build latrines for eachhousehold in the community$ did not .elcome the CLTS concept' Community

elders accused GOAL of .ithholdin de/elopment funds from their communityand said that they felt humiliated by the .ay that the facilitators .ere pointin outtheir open defecation practices'

After recei/in similar feedbac6 from other communities in the Punduru PHUcatchment$ GOAL decided to in/ite sta6eholders from all the taretedcommunities in the Punduru area to discuss GOAL3s intentions .ith CLTS andcommunity perceptions' To encourae acceptance of the inter/ention$ the GOAL

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Simbaru Community Mapping


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Area Coordinator$ 8ASH 9nineer$ and field staff ans.ered :uestions aboutCLTS and e*plained that CLTS forms part of the transition from emerency tode/elopment prorammin and is a stratey supported by the Go/ernment ofSierra Leone and the U5' Therefore no more latrines .ill be built by the ma;orityof aencies in Sierra Leone and GOAL$ by supportin CLTS$ .ill be able to

enae in other acti/ities in their communities$ such as increasin the co/eraeof safe .ater supply' The presence of international manaement staff at themeetin pro/ed 6ey$ and at the end of the meetin communities .ere declarintheir intentions to support CLTS'

Community Led Total Sanitation Followup

The mam of Simbaru to.n$ %amor Ambulai$ reconi!)' 8hile %amor and his team learned a/aluable lesson about ho. to discuss open defecation .ith community members$they didn3t i/e up and instead rene.ed their efforts throuh pro/idin positi/ereinforcement to community members .ho had constructed household latrines$rather than neati/e feedbac6 to.ards those .ho had not'

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Simbaru Community Transect !al"


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&espite ha/in conflicts .ith community members .ho considered opendefecation$ 26a6a in the open3$ as part of life$ %amor emered as an effecti/e5atural Leader in promotin an open defecation free community$ usin his=uaranic 6no.lede and support of the youth'

#pen $e%ecation Free Status

The realisation of %amor3s aspirations came to liht .hen an e*ternal monitorinteam comprisin of #inistry of Health representati/es and GOAL staff /isitedSimbaru on an Open &efecation ?ree (O&?) assessment' The team .asimpressed .ith the en/ironmental sanitation and latrine construction of thecommunity and re.arded the community effort by declarin Simbaru O&? on the+th5o/ember ,!!1' A date .as set for an O&? celebration on 1 th5o/ember,!!1$ to coincide .ith 28orld Toilet &ay3'

The GOAL7U5C9? supported Open &efecation ?ree celebration in thecommunity .as attended by GOAL staff$ the Simbaru community andrepresentati/es of the surroundin communities' The celebrations includedspeeches$ dancin$ a bi lunch and clima*ed .ith a community youth orani


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Lessons Learned

t is important to enae societal leaders$ such as reliious leaders andteachers'

t can ta6e a sinificant amount of time to achie/e sustainable O&?status'

Transparency and clarity in communicatin CLTS ideals are critical'

CLTS can reatly increase the confidence of communities$ empo.erinthem to de/elop themsel/es'

ambasu %o6erLead Community #obiliser%enema &istrictGOAL Sierra Leone

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Community $e)eloped #$F Sign

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