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TitleNatural leaders energising change in villages to attain and sustain open defecation free status: A case study of Plan Malawi impact areas – Mulanje and Liliongwe disctricts (traditional authoroties Juma and Njewa)
Publication TypeMiscellaneous
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsKapatuka, D
Abstract

This paper looks at how Plan Malawi has adopted a simple system of using natural
leaders to conduct monitoring and attain open defecation free (ODF) status and retain it. The organization has concentrated its efforts on enhancing and empowering natural leaders through capacity building on monitoring for results, by following a simple data collection and monitoring process. Natural leaders have formed networks at regional, district and village levels. The networks are used as a forum for information exchange and learning on monitoring and data validation, through exchange visits where natural leaders from one village validate the monitoring data from other districts based on data presented. This process is simple and allows for data flow and use within the communities. This process has resulted in a very efficient monitoring mechanism. This paper will be looking critically at the role of natural leaders in attaining and retaining ODF in their respective villages in the Plan Malawi impact area districts of Mulanje and
Lilongwe.

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