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The Pan African CLTS Program Meeting, held from February 27 to March 1 in Accra, Ghana, aims to share experiences and lessons learned to improve the implementation of CLTS initiatives across participating countries. The agenda includes discussions on challenges, highlights, and solutions, with a focus on empowering communities and reducing child mortality through better sanitation practices. Attendees will conduct a field visit, recap findings, and review mid-term progress towards achieving improved hygiene and sanitation in 805 rural and 36 peri-urban communities.
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Pan African CLTS Program Accra, Ghana: 27th of February – 1st of March
Agenda • Pan African CLTS Program: • Goal and agenda of this meeting • Background • Overall Progress
Goal meeting • Share experiences and lessons learned which can be used to improve implementation of the Pan African CLTS program and CLTS in general.
Agenda • Monday: Challenges & Highlights & LessonsLearned • Tuesday: Zoom in on Challenges & Solutions • Action Learning Agenda • Wednesday:Field visit • Thursday: Recap field visit • Learning Alliances • Mid Term Review & FutureFunding • Agenda 2012
Background • Time frame: January 2010 – December2014 • Countries: Sierra Leone, Ghana, Niger, Ethiopa, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi • Core Funding: Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Objective: Reduce child mortality and morbidity and empower rural and (peri) urban communities and schools
Background • Targets: • 805 rural communities and 36 peri-urban communities are ODF. • 742 schools have toilets for boys and girls. • 2.6 million people have improved theire hygiene and sanitation practices. • 2.1 million people have access to improved sanitation.
Overall Progress • 5 of the 8 countries have CLTS accepted as the main sanitation strategy by the government (all but Sierra Leone, Niger and Zambia). • More and more experiences are gained on SLTS, urban CLTS, sanitation marketing and other emerging issues. • Communities are empowered • Neighbouring communities take up CLTS
Mid Term Review • Requirement of our Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Objective: draw lessons learned of past and on-going activities in order to improve the implementation of the Pan African Program • Evaluation at program and project level • Time Frame: March – August 2012 • Deadlines: • 15th April share ToR with NLNO/ RESA • 1st of July send MTR to NLNO/ RESA