ODF Malawi Annual Review 2013

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1 ODF Malawi Annual Review 2013 M A R C H K A L I K U T I H O T E L Malawi at 9.4% ODF K E Y T A K E- A W A Y S : We have to think beyond business as usual to achieve our 2015 ODF goal. Read on for innovations and new methods to accelerate ODF. Villages can be verified ODF as long as they meet the criteria. Not every village needs the CLTS process. Check your villages today! Pick up the ODF Strategy Leaflet for a Summary of the Key Components Accelerate ODF achievement by engaging community leaders, traditional leaders, and other influential people in promoting the ODF Strategy. Use various publicity channels for ODF, including community radios. A pictorial representation of ODF Coverage in Malawi. Green = ODF. We have more work to do to reach our goal! The group above was awarded for the Kunyera ku Chire Kuthe! slogan. Well done team! Thank you to all districts and NGOs for their hard work in accelerating the ODF Malawi 2015 Strategy! You have made great strides in eliminating bibi in your country. Keep up the good work and keep sending information to the ODF Task Force. We appreciate hearing from you! For a detailed breakdown of each district s ODF figures, go to page 3. Where does your district rank among others??? And the ODF Award goes to Celebrating Success: Districts and participants were rewarded for their efforts towards driving the ODF Strategy forward! Best ODF Publicity Ideas Groups 3 for the slogan Kunyera ku Chire Kuthe! (Stop defecating in the bush!) Group 1 for their systems approach to publicity combining different entry points from church leaders to school children, market leaders, and natural leaders Most interesting Innovation Balaka District for ODF Celebrations at GVH Level Most Initiative towards ODF from a District Staff Thomas Mchipha from Mchinji District for consistent feedback and communication to the ODF Task Force Highest ODF Coverage Likoma District at 89% of villages ODF Highest ODF Coverage in relation to No. Villages Chitipa District at 39% ODF Coverage Highest ODF vs. Triggered Success Rate Ntcheu District at 92% ODF vs. Triggered Most integrity in ODF Declaration Nsanje District for demoting 10 villages which lost ODF status last year Highest number of triggered (and ODF) villages Lilongwe with 2004 villages triggered and 1531 ODF Special thanks to Mr. Sam Chibaya from The Nation Newspaper, Mr. Boyce Nyirenda from WaterAid, and Mrs. Donna Meek for their help in judging the Publicity Ideas. Which award will you aim for in the next Annual Review?

2 P A G E 2 Need more ideas to accelerate ODF? Check out the guidelines for SLTS, Triggering for hand washing with soap, and triggering traditional leaders (pictured below). For more details on these, go to page 6 BibInnovations : IDEAS TO ACCELERATE ODF Both districts and NGOs shared many innovations that they ve been trying to accelerate ODF achievement. Some of the most interesting innovations were: 1. ODF celebrations at the GVH level (Balaka) 2. Formulation of Sanitation by-laws (Nkhata Bay) 3. Introducing Clean Village Competitions (Neno) 4. Learning exchange visits between communities (Chikwawa) 5. Promotion of multi-sectoral approach (agriculture, water, e d u c a t i o n, c o m m u n i t y development and health) (Kasungu) Above: The ODF Awareness vehicle which travels around Nkhotakota a promising publicity innovation Below: Participants learning from each others innovations 6. Instead of triggering every village, engage TAs and religious leaders to help disseminate ODF messages (Dowa) 7. Training of sanitation masters and sanitation clubs on general sanitation, with emphasis on ODF strategy (Ntcheu) 8. Awareness vehicle mounted with banners (Hygiene Village Project in Nkhotakota, picture on left) 9. Creating a Task Force of Natural Leaders (Nsanje) Do you have any new ideas which can accelerate ODF? Don t hesitate to share them with the ODF Task Force! ( the ODF Task Force Secretariat: ashleymeek@ewb.ca) Right: Mr. Samanyika, Chair of the ODF Task Force, signing the ODF MoU along with NGOs and districts. How will you promote ODF? Below are some publicity ideas! Cycling for Sanitation: putting on T-Shirts, caps and flags with ODF messages IEC materials distributed through local vendors (e.g. Mandazi sellers) Paintings of ODF messages on walls, rocks, trees, along the roads and around OD areas Creating cartoons, shows and articles on ODF for use in newspapers, TV shows, and radios Using Gule wa Mkulu as a monitoring tool Mainstream ODF messages in songs and dances (e.g. political rallies, traditional dances, cultural events, chiefs coronation) open Chasing anybody defecating in the No shit allowed around graveyards Awareness vehicle travelling around the district with ODF banner Use of local celebrities Promote slogan: Kunyera ku Chire Kuthe! ODF Malawi Definition After much debate and contention, the definition for ODF in Malawi has been established. It recognizes the various stages of behavior change for sanitation, hence the 2 levels of ODF. All implementers should report data based on these criteria to the ODF Task Force and use the standardized verification tool and guidelines outlined on page 5. Think you know all there is to know about ODF? Go to Page 5 to learn about common ODF Myths

3 P A G E 3 District Breakdown of ODF District ODF Coverage # triggered ODF++ villages Villages Total (with ODF HWF) Villages Triggering Success Rate 2013 ODF CoverageTarget Balaka 18.92% % 40.00% Blantyre 6.87% % 13.00% Chikwawa 23.44% % 40.00% Chiradzulu 0.64% % 50.00% Chitipa 39.50% % 50.00% Dedza 0.05% % 10.00% Dowa 11.15% % 20.00% Karonga 0.00% % 33.00% Kasungu 2.14% % 45.00% Likoma 88.89% % % Lilongwe 16.66% % 51.00% Machinga 0.00% 0 0 #DIV/0! 10.00% Mangochi 4.81% % 35.00% Mchinji 25.40% % 55.00% Mulanje 4.00% % 35.00% Mwanza 8.94% % 30.00% Mzimba North 1.80% % 43.00% Mzimba South 4.04% % 20.00% Neno 2.17% % 25.00% Nkhata Bay 25.48% % 60.00% Nkhotakota 2.19% % 18.00% Nsanje 0.60% % 20.00% Ntcheu 7.18% % 25.00% Ntchisi 0.91% % Phalombe 18.89% % 65.00% Rumphi 2.95% % 45.00% Salima 6.98% % 20.00% Thyolo 0.00% % 10.00% Zomba 0.76% % 11.00% Total 9.44% % Total # villages # triggered villages # ODF Villages ODF++ Villages (with HWF) Total ODF Villages O D F M A L A W I A N N U A L R E V I E W

4 P A G E 4 Implementation Challenges and Proposed Solutions No Subsidies Letter The National Sanitation Policy and the ODF Malawi 2015 Strategy stipulate that NO SUBSIDIES are to be provided for sanitation (except for truly exceptional cases when the household cannot provide for themselves, as with disabled or elderly persons) The ODF Task Force recognizes that some NGOs are still providing subsidies, therefore a letter can be sent to request that the NGO align with national policies. Having challenges with hand washing uptake? Go to page 6 to find out more about the Triggering for HWWS Guidelines! O D F M A L A W I A N N U A L R E V I E W

5 V O L U M E 1, I S S U E 1 All About ODF Verification P A G E 5 Breaking the Myths of Verification Myth A: A village can only be verified ODF by the DCT or a DCT representative Fact: Decentralized methods for verification are recommended by the ODF Task Force as this is a more feasible and cost effective approach. Myth B: A village must be triggered using CLTS in order to be verified & declared ODF Fact: Open Defecation Free means there is no shit in the open and a latrine is used. If some villages are already at this stage, the CLTS process would be useless and verification should happen immediately so the village can be declared ODF! FOOD FOR THOUGHT: The NSO states that OD occurs in only 8 10% of the Malawian population; how is it that our ODF Coverage is only 9.4%? Perhaps we need to verify more villages! Learn about the national verifications procedures provided by the ODF Task Force below. Verification Procedures Many Stakeholders have requested ideas for efficient verification methods. The ODF Task Force, with support from EWB, created a 3-step process. All CLTS Implementers are requested to use it. Use the standard verification tool which will be ed to all districts & NGOs The potential for verification Your ODF rates may be higher than you think! Remember, ODF means no shit in the open and everyone uses a latrine. Based on EHS data of sanitation coverage, it is possible that the ODF rates are almost 10x what they are now. What are you waiting for? Talk to your HSAs and VERIFY VILLAGES TODAY!

6 M A R C H Briefings on other ODF Approaches P A G E 6 Sanitation Marketing The National Rural Sanitation Marketing Strategy is in the process of being developed Sanitation marketing is not just about training masons or building SanCentres, they re about creating marketplaces for sanitation All sanitation marketing programs must start with market research (the Human Centred Design process by IDEO is a useful tool for this) NGOs and government must have an exit strategy 3 promising product designs to mitigate against latrine collapse are to be tested this year Business models which are profitable, enduring, and independent of NGO or public sector support will be tested; do wait until a proven business model is created before launching into sanitation marketing School-Led Total Sanitation (SLTS) SLTS has potential to accelerate ODF status through mobilizing the school community to take action on sanitation and hygiene issues, not only in the school but in surrounding communities. The value-add of SLTS to other school sanitation initiatives is its ability to improve management of school facilities. Key sanitation and hygiene challenges faced by schools include: dirty toilets, inadequate number of toilets, little to no hand washing, vandalism of facilities, lack of anal cleansing materials, facilities for older girls, and lack of community ownership over sanitation issues. Various methodologies for SLTS are in the process of being tested; you can test these yourself by looking through the 2 SLTS guides to be provided to you via . It is important to keep the key design principles of SLTS in mind when conducting the process: it should facilitate community ownership, be cost effective, easy to replicate/scale, and will establish systems to sustain the behavior changes. An ToT for SLTS will be conducted later this year once the recommended process is fully tested and developed. Triggering Local Leaders A great way to accelerate ODF status is to trigger local leaders, including traditional and religious leaders. Triggering local leaders will help them understand the urgency and benefits of becoming ODF, and to ignite them to be champions of ODF. The triggering process has 5 key steps: 1) The initial overview, 2) Seeing a CLTS triggering, 3) Visiting an ODF village, 4) Debrief field visits, and 5) Firm-up any commitments The Post-Triggering process has 2 steps: 1) Follow-up with all leaders, and 2) Provide extra support to Champions. For more detailed information on how to trigger Local Leaders in your area, please read the Triggering Local Leaders Guide, to be shared with all through . Triggering for Hand Washing With Soap One method to accelerate ODF++ achievement is to trigger for hand washing with soap during the CLTS process (in addition to triggering for ODF). Hand washing with soap is a difficult behavior change process to facilitate; given the success of the CLTS process in changing open defecation behaviours, it makes sense to integrate hand washing triggering into the current triggering process. 10 tools have been developed and tested by district staff in Salima (one of which was initially created by staff from EWB Canada. Two of the most effective tools are the Cassava and Egg demonstration and the Anal Cleansing Materials. Details on these and other tools are outlined in the Triggering for HWWS Guide to be shared with all via . These tools can be used during the CLTS process or even during a follow-up, to aim for ODF++ achievement. Thank you all for your participation at the workshop and hard work throughout the years on ODF! Should you have any questions or comments regarding the ODF Strategy or would like to provide feedback to the ODF Task Force, please contact Mr. Samanyika, ODF Task Force Chair at y_samanyika@yahoo.com, All the best with your ODF work. Kunyera ku Chire Kuthe!