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The General policy of LCS is to support any Low Cost Sanitation initiative. For that purpose we have included a section with material which you can copy as you like. If not mentioned, the author is Bjorn Brandberg.

"The good things with dreams put into action is that they come true" (Michael LeBoeuf)

"Not very much happens without a dream. And for something great to happen, there must be a great dream ... much more than a dreamer is required ... but the dream must be there first" (Robert K. Greenleaf).

Saving 4 000 000 lives per year is a great dream, but that is only a part of what is possible. Effects of improved sanitation are also: reduced malnutrition, better resistance to other diseases, increased productivity, better economy, more education, etc., not to speak about the happiness of being healthy.

A condensed manual for successful latrine building in rural areas using the latest developments of the SanPlat system.

Getting started the right way helps to get a successful sanitation project underway. This text gives detailed advice on one way of making it. With some experience, this way can be modified and improved to fit the specific conditions you will meet in areas so that you will learn better and better.

The Manual to the all in one SanPlat Mould for the better SanPlat making.

How to make dome-shaped SanPlats

SanPlats can be made in different shapes and sizes. The size will depend on the moulds used. The method for making them is, however, the same.

Subsidising moulds instead of latrines

Problem:

How can subsides be reduced and phased out in low cost sanitation programmes?

Reality:

Low-cost sanitation can not depend on subsides for ever.

Productivity through making friends Manual for SanCentre Managers.

FOREWORD

Improved sanitation, in its widest context is as vital for health as clean water. Its implementation is a task of the same magnitude and complexity. Ignoring this may lead to investments and other development efforts failing to result in improved health.

The population in rural and peri-urban areas are exposed to serious environmental hazards because of the lack of or improper use of toilets. This is specially true around market places (where principally food is sold) around bus terminals, dispensaries and schools. Given that medical services in general are insufficient, that nutrition and the general health status of the population is poor, the effect on public health is serious. The situation is dramatically illustrated by occasional outbreaks of cholera.

Much has been written about why we need a clean environment, and the awareness is growing. Our knowledge of how to protect our environment is limited, however. The initiative by the HESAWA Programme Management to initiate the workshop and the elaboration of this manual is therefore an important step in the process towards better environmental sanitation in public areas. It is our hope that this booklet shall become a useful tool in this important work.

Björn Brandberg

The Reason for Urine Separation:

There are several good reasons for urine separation:

• Ecology--recycling of fertile value
• Durability of the latrine
• Control of smell.