The Ministry of Health and Sanitation Health Education Division has held a one day sensitization meeting with Paramount Chiefs, teachers and other opinion leaders in the eastern region at the Kenema District Council office to stop open defecation in Kenema city. Most residents in the city and those who are visiting the Maxwell Khobe street market known as Fisheries market, openly defecate in the Lambayei stream that runs across the city. The programme coordinator at the education division Samuel Sesay in his statement said the ministry is aiming at introducing the concept of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) across the country. The ministry is soliciting the participation of communities to achieve the goals and raise broader awareness on sanitation and accelerate efforts to achieve it.

See also: Mohamed Vandi, Sierra Leone: No More Open Defecation!, Concord Times (Freetown) / allAfrica.com, 11 Aug 2008

Related web site: Livelihoods Connect - Community Led Total Sanitation

Source: Awoko.org, 26 Aug 2008

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