Pakistan: Open defecation-free communities - one village at a time

KAMRA, 6 March 2008 (IRIN) - Until recently, Mohammad Nafees was like most children in his village when it came to relieving himself.

“I used to poop outside. Just over there,” the nine-year-old giggled, pointing to the green field near his family’s home in the mountain village of Kamra, about 70km east of Islamabad.

With UK funding, local NGO, Lahore-based Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN), is spearheading a campaign to make villages open defecation-free by bringing about behaviourial change through mobilisation.

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See also: Livelihoods Connect - Community Led Total Sanitation in Pakistan