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A latrine (from Latin lavatrina a privy) is a structure (usually small, holding a single person, and freestanding) for defecation and urination. Latrines allow for safer and more hygienic disposal...
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Latrine building in Ghana ... WaterAid's projects help poor communities to build their own latrines close to home. The exact design varies according to local conditions. Some are household latrines, some are communal. In Africa the latrines tend to be dry pit latrines, whereas in Asia pour-flush latrines, with a U...
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As you dig, throw the soil well away from the hole, so that it doesn’t fall back in the pit. First dig a trench for a foundation for your latrine slab. This need only be two or three courses of brick deep (or one concrete block).
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The type of latrine ... a ventilated improved pit latrine (VIP). ... Rocky ground You can build some of the pit above ground surrounded with a mound of earth and steps leading up to the latrine.
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A dirty latrine is not only unpleasant to use, especially bare foot, but smells and attract flies, bringing more diseases. The number of flies can be reduced by using a ventilated improved pit latrine.
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The KickStart Domed Pit Latrine Slab design is based on a concept of a latrine slab by Bjorn Brandberg at the National Institute of Physical Planning in Mozambique. KickStart redesigned the production methods to allow for simple, high-quality mass production of the slabs working with unskilled local laborers;
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If the pits are wider in diameter (one metre) and dug deeper (1.2 – 1.5 metres), a family will take a year or more to fill the pit, even when soil, ash and leaves are added. In this case it is possible to make two ... Home / Themes / Ecological Sani... / How to make a simple pit latrine and grow fruit trees...
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Arborloo and Fossa Alterna are two ecological sanitation (EcoSan) technologies that recycle human excreta. ... They can benefit the users beyond the requirement of providing a latrine alone. ... Home / Regional Programme / East Africa / LeaPPS / Information Cases / How to make a simple pit latrine and grow fruit trees!
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A simple do-it-yourself manual designed to guide extension workers in supporting communities to build their own pit latrines and help those who want to build a latrine themselves with little outside help. ... Home / Information Ser... / Publications / Publications by... / Hygiene Promoti... / Why a Pit Latrine:
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