To assure acceptance of new latrines, Ranas has been mandated to develop a behaviour change communication strategy for low-income neighbourhoods of Uíge town, Angola. In collaboration with ENGConsult, the project lead partner, we now completed the first milestone in this Word Bank financed project. 120 qualitative semi-structured interviews revealed that acceptance and safe use of new latrines can be achieved by promoting the following related behaviours:
- Latrine cleaning after use by all household members and routine deep cleaning
- Making improvements to the newly build latrines and facilitating latrine repairs
- Requesting pit emptying through vacuum trucks
- Handwashing with soap by all household members
The behaviour change communication strategy will focus on these behaviours. We will now proceed with the next phase of the RANAS approach: RanasMEASURE and quantify these behaviours and the behavioural factors that steer them.
