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Toilet Construction Support Project

Our main objective is providing access to those who suffer from lack of proper sanitation and toilets. The Public Toilet Building Campaign targets developing countries designated by UN in which the majority of the population lacks access to toilet facilities. Working in collaboration with governments, NGOs, respective toilet associations, or companies, World Toilet Association plans, designs, and builds toilets in the selected countries. Toilet facilities tailored to the climates, culture, traditions and level of income of the target districts, are built in public places such as tourist attractions, schools, and parks. The primary goal is to build facilities that can be continuously used and maintained by community. Representative groups may submit proposals on behalf of countries in need. Proposals and guidelines are available on our website.

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Republic of South Africa

Toilets are the key to sanitation. 40% of the world population lacks proper sanitation facilities. Due to unsafe drinking water and sanitation-related infectious diseases such as typhoid, cholera, diarrhea, malaria, etc, two million people lose their lives each year.
Through toilets, the WTA hopes to save people affected by poor sanitation. The WTA`s first step to improve sanitation worldwide is to build toilets in developing countries.
→ We started the projects with 6 countries in Asia (Indonesia ►Laos ► Cambodia ► China ► Mongolia ► Pakistan) and 4 countries in Africa (Ghana ►Cameroon ►Kenya ► South Africa

Cameroon

Organization Institution:Nkwen, BamendaⅢ
Completion Date: July 2009

In Bamenda where WTA built public toilet facilities, is a small city with a 5 hour distance from the capital of Cameroon. Most of the residents of Bamenda are engaged in farming and their average monthly income per capita is about USD75.

Most of the households use pit toilets that give off bad odors. Even though the households have individual private toilets of this kind, such toilets are not adequately maintained. Considering the population of this area, there is an acute shortage of public toilets.

Furthermore, because the public toilets are not separated by gender, the general public experiences much difficulty in privacy. In Bamenda, where WTA built a public toilet in 2008 as its 2008 Public Toilet Building Pilot Project, it is heavily populated with transient people and has infrastructures such as a transport terminal, hospitals, and multi-purpose facilities for the local residents. The public toilet facilities thus built have two ventilated pit toilets installed for permanent use accommodating the need of locals. The toilets are separated for male and female use so that the gender population was also reflected. Showers were installed in the toilet facilities for the convenience of local residents with the expectation that such showers would be greatly helpful for the residents to enjoy the upgraded life style.

Project Area

Project Detail

1. Area : BamendaⅢ City Council

2. Location : BamendaⅢ City Council

3. Population : 226,818

4. Number of Visitors(Yearly) :

5. Target User : Local residents

6. Estimate number of User(Daily) : ,

1. Address :

2. Building Status : Type of toilet : Ventilated modernized pit toilets

3. Public Toilet Manager : Water supply : Goverment supported running water

4. Contact to Manager :