Agerkech

Safe and Affordable Sanitation Access to Everyone

This project aims to protect water bodies against pollution, reuse nutrients, improve sanitary conditions and hygiene, reduce poverty and increase harvest with less financial input.

Expected Results

• Improved health, hygiene and drinking water sources among 5000 people in three poor villages
• Access to safe and affordable water and sanitation and preventive water protection measures
• Protected water bodies against pollution
• Safe water and reuse of nutrients
• Potential poverty reduction and increase in harvest with less financial input
• Capacity building of project team and community
• Awareness raising

Project Results

Conducted training for 12 households on individual base on construction of UDDT. Published and distributed a WECF publications, Construction of UDDTs and Safe and Affordable Toilets among 15 current UDDT owners and 5 potential beneficiaries.

Completed

• 4 UDDTs in Bakayata village - 100 %
• 3 UDDTs in Bakayata village and 1 UDDT in Vostok village, Chue region - 90 %
• 3 UDDTs in Bakayata village - 30 %. Planned to complete in March-April, 2009 depending on weather conditions. Construction is stopped due to the winter conditions.

On regular base the project team provide individual consultations and technical support for UDDTs owners. In February, 2009, planned to conduct trainings on rules and procedures of exploitation of innovative UDDTs for current and potential stakeholders.