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Thursday, March 19, 2015

The last sanitation unit

On Wednesday we went to a local Primary school to hand over the composting toilets for girls. In this school of 800 pupils there are 500 girls. All through this region there are many more girls born than boys and it is now obvious with the girl child attending school. Some say this is one of the justifications for polygamy. Some say it is because of a fondness for alcohol in the fathers. Whatever the reason, it seems to me it would make a good research study.
We first gave the talk about using the eco-san and the possibilities for agriculture. The girls were hilarious. As soon as we unlocked the doors, and declared the toilets available,there was a line of 'customers' and when they emerged from the stall, each one ran immediately to the urine collection point to check what was happening.
They offered us some delightful entertainment (songs, a skit, poems and a thoughtful speech) which I will try to edit and post later.



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