Projekt CHOO (Sanitary facilities)

Only 37% of the population in sub-Sahara Africa (24% in Tanzania) have access to a toilet. But hygiene is a basic element to prevent maladies like typhoid fever, hepatitis A, cholera, worm infestation and other intestinal diseases. Every hour, 115 people in Africa die as a result of lacking sanitary hygiene. These are fatalities which could be prevented with easy means. Furthermore, access to sanitary facilities and toilets would allow more children (in particular girls) to attend school.

It is our intention to build as many dry toilets as possible for schools in Zanzibar and the mainland of Tanzania. Those toilets are an optimum solution because they are not harmful to the environment, they need no water connection and no other sewage plant or canal pipes, they prevent deceases and are also affordable for poor people.

How it works

The toilet operates on a natural  principle and gets by without water or electric connection. The aseptic urine  will seep into the ground, where as    the faeces will stay in the basket to dry out. The bacterial accumulation and odour nuisance is low due to the separation. When dried, the faeces can be used as fertilizer or simply be burnt.

If you want to donate specially for   this project, please note "project CHOO" on your payment.

Implementation in Nungwi, February - June 2011 (pilot project)

Building of 12 toilets and a water tower with a water tank at the premises of the primary and secondary school in Nungwi (about 2'000 pupils).