| Title | Sierra Leone : singing about the unmentionable |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | York, USUNICEF-N |
| Secondary Title | Sanitation and hygiene case study |
| Volume | 8 |
| Pagination | 4 p.; ill.; 4 photographs |
| Date Published | 2008-01-01 |
| Keywords | case studies, faeces, open defecation, school sanitation and hygiene education program, sierra leone |
| Abstract | Tilorma, a small village in Kenema district, is the first in eastern Sierra Leone to commit to eliminating open defecation. On 3rd August 2008, the village held a triumphant celebration where the children sang ‘kaka don don o, Lef for kaka na bush’ (‘no more excreta in the open and stop defecating in the bush’) whilst dancing to drums and parading the gorboi, a traditional masked devil, around the village. Ideas that the older generation may have a hard time accepting often appeal to youngsters who are less set in their ways — in sanitation as in other areas. Although the initial excitement surrounding CLTS generated over-optimistic expectations and has proved much harder to consolidate than anticipated in Sierra Leone, the mark it has made and will make on many young minds augurs well for an ‘open defecation free’ future. [authors abstract] |
| Custom 1 | 303, 203.0 |
