Author Archives: Okechukwu Umelo

I have extensive experience writing content for and managing the production of partnership and resource mobilization products, such as the flagship Global Sanitation Fund product, ’10 reasons to partner with the Global Sanitation Fund’.  View the content below or access the original version here The Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) invests in behaviour change activities that enableContinue reading “10 reasons to partner with the Global Sanitation Fund”

This publication explores the conversations, reflections and lessons that emanated from the sessions, workshops and presentations at the 2016 GSF Learning Event in Madagascar. The following themes, which were central to the Learning Event, are explored: Incorporating effective approaches for scale and decentralized programme delivery; Incorporating effective approaches to ensure sustainable behaviour change, as wellContinue reading “Learning resource: Catalytic programming for scale and sustainability”

  Many non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations, as well as bilateral and multilateral donors, recognize the importance of closely working with governments in sanitation and hygiene programmes. Collective behaviour change approaches, such as Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), are also increasingly being embraced by governments as an alternative to traditional subsidy and enforcement-based approaches. This ‘GSF inContinue reading “Learning resource: Local governance & sanitation”

  As sanitation and hygiene programmes mature, the challenge shifts from bringing communities to open defecaton free (ODF) status to sustaining this status. In this context, many programmes are confronted with the issue of slippage. This concept refers to a return to previous unhygienic behaviours, or the inability of some or all community members toContinue reading “Sanitation & hygiene behaviour change at scale: Understanding slippage”

I managed the editing, production  and dissemination of various case studies for the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) in English and French, including one focused on the GSF-funded programme in Madagascar. The case study explores how the GSF-funded programme in Madagascar is promoting sustainability and achieving strong sanitation and hygiene results through a cycle of learning, progress and innovation. DownloadContinue reading “Gender & Community-Led Total Sanitation case study”

The Follow-up MANDONA handbook provides a step-by-step guide to facilitating a proven approach to improving sanitation in rural communities. I managed the production and dissemination of the handbook (English/French), which was very well-received and widely used by water, sanitation and hygiene practitioners. Download the handbook