ECOSAN: Ecological Sanitation!
West Berayta Elementary School's latrine will be the new standard for latrines. It is a urine-diverting, composting,
above ground latrine.
1 : 1 : 1 means 1 composting pit for 1 drop hole for 1 screened vent. This eliminates flies and odor.
1. The foundation being constructed.
2.& 3. The floor area with bins underneath for urine and composting fecal matter.
Farmers are eager to use the urine collected from these latrines as fertilizer.
1. The new girls' latrines at the Bacha school.
2. Bacha faculty latrines.
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1. Family latrine with a washing station outside of the latrine for washing hands.
2. Pail of soil to add to the pit to aid composting.
Girl with her family latrine in the background and three closer views of the other family latrines. The purple cloth has become an advertisement
for good hygiene as everyone can see from a distance that families have latrines.
WHY PROMOTING HYGIENE MATTERS:
Yes, Diarrhea kills 230,000 children under 5 in Ethipia each year.* And DIARRHEA does more than bring disease
and early death - it brings loss of nutrition, malnutrition and stunting of children's physical and intellectual growth.
The simple act of washing hands with soap and water can reduce diarrhoeal disease by one-third.**
The sub-species of flies that are eye-specific and spread trachoma from the pus and crust in one eye to the next
eye CANNOT breed in latrines, only in open feces.
***The toilet and the latrine are among the most underused tools to combat poverty and disease in the developing
world, says a United Nations report. NY Times 11/9/06***
To see the benefits of a compost latrine - click here
USING DILUTED URINE FOR FERTILIZER
Farmers are eager to use the school latrine's urine as fertilizer. Urine works better than chemical urea fertilizer.
Farmers get about an 8% greater yield with urine as fertilizer. The main benefit is the savings from not having
to buy chemical urea fertilizer.
Urine is sterile and can be safely used immediately.
As with all projects that Project Ethiopia provides, village elders meet to discuss the plan together. This way the villagers themselves decide what is best and
they have more of an interest in outcome of the projects.
You've made a big difference!!
11/11/11 Sanitation since 7/1/05
- 2 Compost urine-diverting school latrines for 1,926 students $5,000
- 98 Family latrines with composting $78
A Great Beginning - Help Us Do MORE!
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