PROGRAM PROFILECommunity-Based Total Sanitation Approach in Probolinggo City

Sanitation in Probolinggo City

Probolinggo City is located in East Java Province with around 216,967 population. It has five sub-districts with six community health centers. In 2011, 38.11 percent population still defecate in the open, while community-based total sanitation initiative by local health office only provided public bathing, washing and toilet facilities; family toilets; and extension services with minimum efforts.

IUWASH and STBM in Probolinggo City

IUWASH uses Community-based Total Sanitation (STBM) strategy to mobilize demands for sanitation. It is the national strategy for sanitation improvement under a decree of the Minister of Health in 2008. The national strategy seeks to prevent and lower the occurrence of diseases caused by poor sanitation by eliminating open defecation. STBM consists of five pillars i.e. Stop open defecation, Handwashing with soap, Proper drinking water management, Household liquid waste management, Proper household solid waste management.

The triggering process and educational awareness of healthy behaviors in Kedopok Village, Kedopok Sub-District, Probolinggo City.

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More than 110 households in Probolinggo City benefit from access to improved sanitation

through community-based total sanitation (STBM)

supported by USAID-IUWASH, among which the

100 households obtained access to improved sanitation through microfinance scheme

for healthy toilets that are being implemented by Sanitasi

Mandiri Cooperative.

Kyai Fauzan, a natural Leader and Mrs. A’yun, a beneficiary of the microcredit program in RW 2 Kedung Galeng Village, Wonoasih Sub-District.

In Probolinggo City, the STBM program was initiated with introduction through a meeting and Regional Development Planning Agency, Health Office and community health center, followed by four-days training of trainings and further “triggering activities” by sanitarians and sanitation facilitators to create sanitation demands. “Triggering activity” is a specific effort to trigger sense of disgust and shame among community members over their open defecation practice. Eventually, the triggering activity will encourage the community to find common solution to improve their condition.

Strong Support for STBM Facilitators and StakeholdersFollowing the four-days STBM training of trainers, a team of STBM facilitators in six community health centers was established. The team has an action plan to disseminate STBM concepts in their areas. The training also provided facilitators with recent techniques in community facilitation unique to sanitation issues that specifically aimed at triggering the community to build toilets and solve sanitation problems on their own.

IUWASH worked with Disease Control and Environmental Health Directorate of local health office to provide technical assistance to sanitarians to conduct triggering activities and monitoring post-triggering activities to local community. IUWASH used modeling method, where project staff as lead facilitator gave examples to sanitarians, who then took over and started triggering activities on their own.

An evaluation session that always followed the triggering session to ensure good practices has successfully motivated STBM facilitators to keep improving their triggering and facilitation techniques. IUWASH and Probolinggo Health Office regularly hold evaluation session on STBM-related activities.

Sanitation Entrepreneurs and Microfinance for Healthy Toilets

In an effort to ensure sanitation supply, IUWASH encourages sanitation entrepreneurship through two-days STBM study visit to Jombang District, where STBM initiative was proven successful. About 20 sanitarians and STBM stakeholders in Probolinggo City has taken part in the visit. The participants met with small sanitation entrepreneurs in Jombang, whose efforts have motivated the sanitarians of Probolinggo City to replicate similar small business in sanitation. Local government staff of City Development and Planning Agency, who also went with the team showed stronger commitment to support STBM initiative in Probolinggo City.

Sanitation entrepreneurs will ensure affordable sanitation facilities for low-income community. Following the visit to see successful sanitation entrepreneurs in

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Jombang, Probolinggo City now has two sanitarians who are also budding sanitation entrepreneurs. Pak Anton and Pak Badarul develop healthy toilet small business for neighboring communities. The price of their healthy toilets ranges between Rp 650,000 – Rp 2,500,000 and the community can buy them using microfinance scheme with certain amount of upfront cost and weekly installments as little as Rp 10,000 - Rp 15,000.

At present, three sanitation entrepreneurs, Pak Anton, Pak Badarul and Ibu Tanti has made 100 units of toilets and 500 people benefit from the microfinance for access to sanitation.

Sanitasi Mandiri Cooperative

Sanitasi Mandiri Cooperative was established by sanitarians and local community in November 2012, so that they can reach out to banks and other financial institution to secure larger funds for microfinance scheme in anticipating growing demands for healthy toilets. The Cooperative has 28 members and plans to ask for Rp 500,000 donation from each member as initial capital. Currently the Cooperative is registering its legal entity at Cooperative, Industry and Trade Office in Probolinggo City.

Integration with other Sanitation Programs

IUWASH aims to facilitate the integration of STBM program, which is currently implemented by Health Office with other similar programs at larger scale i.e. community-based environmental sanitation (SLBM) and community-based urban sanitation (SPBM) managed by Public Works Office. Triggering activities in healthy behaviors have been conducted in six SLBM sites, which goals are to educate and create awareness of local community not to defecate in the open, as well as encourage the community to maintain and manage public sanitation facilities provided by Public Works Office through its SPBM program.