Tantangan YUM untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan mengenai manfaat kepada kesehatan dan lingkungan atas menggunakan jamban masih berlanjut di Kalimantan Tengah, karena masih banyak keluarga yang mempraktekkan ”membuang air besar di wilayah terbuka (tidak menggunakan jamban).
Dilaksanakan pada bulan agustus 2008 menggunakan teknik yang dinamakan Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), Community-Led Total Sanitation Project (CLTS) Yum bertujuan untuk membangun kesadaran diri dan tekanan social untuk hidup di lingkungan yang bersih dan menumpas praktek membuang air besar di wilayah terbuka.
“Sebelum saya mempunyai W.C, saya harus berjalan kaki sekitar 100 meter ke lubang terdekat. Sekarang saya merasa lebih nyaman karena memiliki W.C sendiri, dan saya mengetahui dari sesi yang diberikan oleh YUM, bahwa kesehatan saya dan keluarga saya jauh lebih terkendalikan.”
Dakri (penghuni desa Habaring Hurung)
Perubahan positif dalam perilaku dan kebiasaan terlihat diantara rumah tangga, dengan 3 desa yang kini masing-masing memiliki jamban sebagai bagian dari tahap pertama dari CLTS.
Akan tetapi, meskipun adanya tanggapan positif dari beberapa anggota masyarakat, masih banyak lagi pekerjaan yang harus di tanggap oleh tim CLTS YUM karena masih banyak keluarga yang belum memahami faktanya bahwa membuang air besar di wilayah terbuka dapat mengakibatkan masalah kesehatan.
“Saya tidak memerlukan jamban! Saya tidak mempunyai jamban karena rumah saya sangat dekat dengan lubang. Buat saya lebih gampang buang air besar di lubang itu!
Sarginem (penghuni desa Habaring Hurung village)
Dengan dukungan dari sekelompok sukarelawan dan anggota masyarakat yang telah membentuk sebuah kampanye "Bebas Buang-Air-Besar Terbuka", YUM tetap terikat dalam membantu mendidik dan mendorong adanya perubahan sikap untuk kesejahteraan jangka panjangnya masyarakat-masyarakat ini.
In various parts of Indonesia which are undeveloped, an open-defecation free community is virtually unheard of. A similar situation can be seen in Central Kalimantan, where YUM has created a "Community-Led Total Sanitation, or CLTS" which has given Kalimantan their first open-defecation free community of the Habaring Hurung village. This village is located in the Palangkaraya District Jurisdiction.
Central Kalimantan is an attraction for many overseas companies and organizations since it is laden with natural resources, but due to the poverty-ridden community, many parts are under-developed. YUM, in accordance with BMZ or the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, has been able to fulfill the CLTS program. "BMZ is a federal ministry of the German government that has provided $198 million for Indonesia in 2008-2009"This program helps educate the community on proper sanitation methods, and the importance of a defecation-free community. Additionally, the CLTS program will help reduce diarrhea, and other diseases that are caused through open-defecation.
The initiation of the YUM CLTS program started with a new law related to health regulations in 2008. YUM started training for CLTS in August of 2008, and finallly, after three years, the Habaring Hurung Village announced officially that they have become a "healthy latrine aware village", or "desa sadar WC sehat" on March 28, 2011.
In past years, health programs similar to CLTS have been focused on the supplies a community might need, while the CLTS program focuses more on social change, and the needs of the community which are sustainable. Additionally, YUM has taken into consideration the cultural differences that they face with the community and have modified the CLTS program to fit those needs. If this project is further expanded, YUM believes a mid-point must be faced between YUM and government structures to ensure a working model for success.
The CLTS program came as an extreme challenge for YUM due to various outside factors such as irregular monsoons, floods which caused limited access to the village, or areas outside the village, and finally, the flooding temporarily dislodged YUM's CLTS latrine construction which also made it harder to initiate social change in the village.
Finally, around three hundred people attended the opening ceremony at Habaring Hurung for the YUM CLTS program, and included people from the local government, religious leaders in the community, and even the "associate city mayor". Due to YUM's success with this project, Habaring Hurung Village now has a population of 121 people, 8 schools, and whopping 89 latrines.
