Petra Bongartz - Communication and Networking Officer, CLTS
Participation Power and Social Change
T:
+44 (0)1273 915668
E:
p.bongartz@ids.ac.uk
Thematic Expertise:
Participatory methodologies; Water and Sanitation.
Petra joined the Participation Power and Social Change Team at the beginning of 2009 as Coordination, Communication and Networking Officer for the Community-led Total Sanitation Project.
Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is a participatory approach that started in Bangladesh and has been spread to varying degrees in India, Cambodia, Indonesia, China, Nepal. To a limited degree, it has also been trialled in some African countries.
CLTS is an innovative methodology for mobilising communities to completely eliminate open defecation (OD).
