Welcome to the Ghana Community-led Total Sanitation Programme site. The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has adopted the CLTS approach as the Rural Sanitation Model to eradicate open defecation in Ghana as the first step in promoting good environmental sanitation and hygiene behaviour and practice in Ghana. This site presents information on plans and progress of CLTS promotion in Ghana and also links you to other related sites.
Mole XXII calls for scaling up of CLTS
Participants of the Mole XXII Conference have called for a scaling up of sanitation and hygiene, including the adoption of the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach by all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs). “With Ghana’s sanitation coverage of 13% as our national shame, … there should be conscious efforts by all MMDAs to incorporate CLTS as well as District CLTS Implementation Roadmaps in their various District Environmental Sanitation Strategy and Action Plans (DESSAPs) as a matter of urgency,” More>>
Regional Minister to eradicate open defecation by 2012
The Northern Regional Minister, Moses Magbengba, eager to eradicate open defecation in the Northern Region, has officially requested for funds from the Ministry of Local Government to embark on his big ambition. Triggered by presentations on the new national environmental sanitation model, the Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in Tamale in February this year, the Minister did not mince words by declaring his readiness to rid the region of open defecation by December 2012. More>>
CLTS Ghana for AfricaSan in July
The National Technical Working Group on Sanitation (NTWG) will most likely participate fully in the up-coming AfricaSan in July. At a recent meeting of the NTWG, preparations were underway for about three different presentations, each focusing on different aspects of CLTS activities and/or plans in Ghana. The most likely topics for presentation include ‘Coordination for scaling up CLTS.’ It will focus on the evolution and current composition of the NTWG, the Terms of Reference of the NTWG, the Group’s achievements so far...More>>
Boost for CLTS in Ghana – Kamal Kar in town
Dr Kamal Kar has said that it is possible for Ghana to even exceed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target of 54 per cent for Sanitation by 2015 through effective implementation of the concept even though the current coverage is 13%. Read more>>
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