Toilets for 100 rural families

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Summary

Ecological toilets for 100 rural families for Musiri village at bank of River Cauvery, Southern India to improve health, reduce environmental pollution & generate fertilizers for agriculture

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Currently villagers practice open defecation, polluting river and soil as well as risking their family health. Project involves constructing household toilets though community participation, 18% contribution from family, 21% from local government, 61% from donor for each family toilet

Activities

Project involves building ecological house hold toilets using urine diversion technology, separating urine from feces at the source. Feces is composted and treated to make fertilizers.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $120
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $9,080
Total Funding Goal: $9,200

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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project is a life long investment in the health of the family. On average, the project will impact 500 family members

Project Message

Sanitation is the number one preventive medicine
- Jack Sim, Founder, World Toilet Organization

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Deepa Chaudhary,
Director
19 Toa Payoh West
Singapore, Singapore 318876
Singapore
6563528921
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

World Toilet Organization
19, Toa Payoh West
Singapore, Singapore 318876
Singapore
(65) 63528921
http://www.worldtoilet.org

Learn more about World Toilet Organization and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Health.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 27, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 27, 2008.

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