WaterAid, a British NGO, chose Kamira village in Butagaya Sub-county, Uganda, for a demonstration project to promote low-cost sanitation. The project included latrine construction, training and hygiene education.
| Title | Low-cost techniques for improving latrines in a demonstration village in Uganda |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1993 |
| Authors | Causer, H |
| Pagination | p. 5-7: photogr. |
| Date Published | 1993-01-01 |
| Keywords | cab93/1, costs, demonstration projects, local production, pit latrines, rural areas, sanplat systems, uganda, uganda busoga butagaya sub-county |
| Abstract | WaterAid, a British NGO, chose Kamira village in Butagaya Sub-county, Uganda, for a demonstration project to promote low-cost sanitation. The project included latrine construction, training and hygiene education. Three latrine options were presented to the villagers: a. full-sized latrine slabs of one square metre of reinforced concrete costing US$ 6; b. smaller slabs, called 'sanplats', with an area of 0.60 square meters, costing US$ 2; c. plastered floors using 4.5 kg of cement costing US$ 0.55 or 850 Uganda shillings which is equivalent to the daily wage of an unskilled labourer. Initially, greater interest was expressed in the full-sized slab or the plastering technique. People found the sanplat too expensive and said that if they were going to spend a lot of money they would prefer to pay more to buy a full-sized slab. Therefore, a subsidy was introduced, lowering the price of sanplats to US$ 0.50. This increased demand and now 200 sanplats can be produced locally each month. Plastered floors are no longer promoted as they can not be re-used. The subsidy on sanplats may be gradually phased out to make their production sustainable once donor funding has stopped. |
| Notes | 2 ref. |
| Custom 1 | 321.4, 824 |
