Papers from the East Africa Practioners’ workshop on pro-poor urban sanitation and hygiene
Each paper includes an abstract providing the reader with a clear idea on the context of the paper or photo presentation.
Pit emptying service using gulper technology
WaterAid has been implementing since April 2008 the Irish Aid Funded Sanitation Project in the areas of Temeke and Ilala. This initiative aims at providing poor households access to simple and low cost sanitation facilities and technologies (both latrines and emptying services). The first year was dedicated to testing technologies, the second one to scaling up sanitation and hygiene, while during the third year the focus is on lobbying, monitoring and evaluation.
A research carried out in 2007 highlighted the risks associated to usual pit emptying services in Temeke (land slide, latrine collapsing, infections, in some instances deaths, etc.) and the need for a viable hygienic pit emptying technology in urban unplanned settlement in Dar es Salam. The gulper technology was identified as an appropriate affordable solution, well appreciated also by users, as shown by the following testimony:
“There was absolutely no presence of the sludge that had been all over some few minutes ago. There was no smell at all. This was such a beautiful experience that I decided to popularize the service to my friends for free. I could tell them to accept the service and if it does not work, I would be responsible for any costs incurred. From that time on, I will always use the Gulper and I advise you too to try it because it is value for your money”.
21. PPT Pit emptying service using gulper technology.pdf (1.1 MB)
Cell based hygiene in Kigali (Rwanda)
This presentation focused on the development of cell-based sanitation and hygiene in Kigali. In terms of the support in the area of sanitation and hygiene: a) there has been a political commitment toward cleanliness; b) employment of designated Government staff who are in charge of hygiene up to Sector Level; c) private investment in the sector such as waste collection; and d) regulation and community sensitization. This cell-based hygiene approach has come to harmonize the image of Kigali through the involvement of household and community ownership including local leaders participation. The results of the programme have been hygiene in public places, roads cleanliness and also greening around the city. Among the 23 urban cells evaluated, five cells scored above 70%, nine others scored above 50%, and only 8 cells were below 50%.
22. PPT Cell based hygiene in Kigali.pdf (500.2 kB)
