Sanitation
Providing access to toiles is important in a humanitarian emergency.
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Sani Tweaks Checklist
This practical checklist – the Sani Tweaks Green Card – is for all those working on sanitation programmes in emergencies. It is a minimum. Excreta disposal is a service not a one off installation Before starting a latrine building programme – consult the users Design Monitoring – Regular Repairs
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Pioneering Household container based toilets in low income urban settlements
Location: Nairobi, Kenya. Timeframe: 2010 – 2021 Project Status: completed Problem/Gap being Addressed Over 2 miilion people live in informal, low income, settlements in Nairobi and the majority lack access to a safe sanitation facility. Existing approaches to address the sanitation crisis have focused on improving coverage through construction of latrines at plot (several households…
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Tiger Worm Toilet Manual
Tiger Worm Toilets (TWTs), sometimes known as ‘Tiger Toilets’ or vermifilter toilets, contain composting worms inside the pit that process and digest the faeces in-situ, processing the raw sludge into vermicompost. This removes the need for traditional desludging, as the vermicompost is simpler to remove and builds up at a slower rate. This can lead…