To relieve poverty in Madagascar

Sustainable Development Goals 6

WASH

Project

Water scarcity is a serious issue in the world and especially in Madagascar.

Many actions have been taken : to organize the rain pipe and its good use, to educate on sanitation, hygiene to avoid open defecation, to advocate for the use of dry toilets.

Change management on human waste issues is still challenging and awareness raising is ongoing. We have two models of dry toilets in place : a basic one with the use of wooden chip to eliminate unwanted odors, one with a liquid and solid separator the use the urnes as a fertilizer. Both methods will go to the compost bin for the garden.

Why is this a sustainable decision? We can avoid wasting drinking water, rare on our hill of Ambohibe to flush our toilet. We have preserved the water for other purposes, so as not to pollute it any more.

This lack of water is at the origin of many of our concerns, like a heavy and inefficient sewage treatment and an overflowing and unmanaged wastewater.  By doing this, we solve the problem of the loss of humus to the soil and we stop using expensive and complex chemical fertilisers.

How much water is being saved? A toilet flush wastes 9 litres of water per use, 36 litres of water per person per day, i.e. a total of about 12m3 per person per year. After composting, the dry toilet with its urine and faeces separation tank returns the benefits to the soil: the circle is complete!