“Do It Yourself” (DIY) toilet options for Bhutan

“Do It Yourself” (DIY) toilet options developed with the Ministry of Health as part of the Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for All Programme in Bhutan in 2012.  These visual aids provide pictorial step-by-step instructions to support householders to construct or improve their sanitation facilities for each of the three base models promoted by the Ministyr of Health – VIP, pour flush and eco-san.

The development of the DIY materials was one of the outcomes of the sanitation supply chain study which identified that the majority of householders currently invest and construct their own sanitation facilities – often without the use of masons - resulting in a wide variability in quality and standards. By supporting this investment with easily understood information the intention is to improve the hygienic standard and designs, to support informed decision making by households and link the households to suppliers through sanitation marketing.

Bhutan_ one_ pagers_for_3 toilets.pdf (961.9 kB)