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2006-05-30 Almaz Terrefe Gunder Edstrom [email protected]

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Safe sanitation for humans and the environment

Human excreta, household and garden refuse• No spreading of diseases• No accidents • No contamination of

- water - ground, shallow or surface - soil or - air

• No vector breeding


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• Manageable and human friendly handling• Disable, elderly, children and pregnant

women friendly

• Safe and sound even during extraordinary conditions like emergencies, heavy rains

• Cost benefit effective in the long run


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WASH Ethiopia movement• National launching: February 26th 2006, in Awassa. • Focus: proper disposal of human wastes • Motto: “Let’s use latrine for our health and dignity”•• Major activities• Workshops • Ø Media workshop, February 1, 2006. Provision of media briefing kits on

sanitation and hygiene.• Ø WASH Ethiopia Movement Familiarization Workshop, February 2, 2006.•• Education Material: 39,340 packs (28,300 Amharic, 7,045 Oromifa, 3,995 Afar)

were produced but not distributed properly. (NGOs on the committee disseminated the message packs through their own extension staff or through community based structures)

•• Airtime, media: • Ø Media coverage national launch and regional launches. • Ø Journalist field trip in SNPPRS, Tigray, Amhara, BEGU, Oromia to gather

information regarding sanitation promotion in October 2005.


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Regional activities:Ø BenishangulØ GambellaØ AmharaØ Dire Dawa Ø Harari

Funding for the movement: Organizations contributed are UNICEF, WaterAid Ethiopia, Norwegian Church Aid, PSI, Merlin, Islamic relief, WB WSP, EKHC, EOC, Intermòn Oxfam.


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• Construction and Maintenance of Sanitary Latrines

• Personal Hygiene• Water Supply Safety Measures • Healthy Home Environment• Solid and Liquid Waste Management • Control of Insects and Other Biting Species • Food Hygiene/Food Safety Measures

Activities and comittments of the government through Ministry of Health using the Ethiopian Millennium as an ignition to sanitation movement.


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Integrated safe household sanitation for humans and the

environment

• Do not mix the house hold refuse

• Sort, collect and compost

• Recycle to produce food, fodder and flowers

• Close the loop!!

ECOSAN –(Economy, Ecology and

Sanitation) Safe for Human and

the Environment

Almaz Terrefe and Gunder EdströmP. O. Box 31673

Addis Abeba, EthiopiaTel. +251 911 200514 and 15

[email protected]


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Above from left: •2nd generation of the

ECOSAN toilet (Separett)•ECOSAN toilet in an eco lodge•ECOSAN made of ceramics in

Ethiopia•Ceramic urine collector in

ECOSAN toiletLeft: ECOSAN, Addis Abeba,

1998


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Above left: School ECOSAN at Kotebe College of Teacher Education, Ethiopia

Above: Mobile ECOSAN, Ethiopia

Left: Demonstration ECOSAN in Awasa


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Left: A school with ECOSAN – toilets, garden and rainwater harvesting

Down: Hand washing facilities


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Urinals

Jerry cans for urine collection

Urine distribution

ECOlily,

urine collector


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Waste sorting Tajikistan learning composting from Ethiopia

ECO basket – compost and urban agricultureGlobECOmpost

and ECO basket


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Double-digging,

start of ECO-sandwichECO-sandwich

Urban agriculture, growing walls

Drip irrigation


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Production of seedlings

Solar cooker

Production of seeds

Nutritious food


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Fuel wood carriers earn much less than the women working with urban agriculture at home or in the neighbourhood.


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Hi-loo in the Park

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