[[File'''Country:Pupils washing hands in Navruz school.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Pupils washing hands in Navruz]]''' Tajikistan
'''Country=== Tajikistan:''' KyrgyzstanEcological Sanitation for Rural Areas ===
=== '''Sustainable School Sanitation (UDDT) in Ivanovka, Kyrgyzstan''Basic data:''''' ===
'''Basic data:'''New UDDT were realised and equipped with handwashing facilities. NGO ASDP Nau involved the community and the children in all steps of the project. Thanks to the education measures and active students, the acceptance was raised.
'''''The UDD school toilets were built in project and the school No. 2, station Ivanovka, Chui region of Kyrgyzstan. The school has 550 pupils and 50 teachers. The toilets consist of 10 cabinsexperiences: 6 cabins for girls and 4 cabins and 3 urinals for boys. The toilet design was developed by CEF UNISON together with the NGO "Alga". UNISON managed the construction works, while Alga organized trainings and information dissemination for the teachers, cleaning staff and pupils.'''''
'''BackgroundA student in rural Tajikistan reported about the typical situation in his school:'''“Our toilet, a pit latrine, is more than 30 years old and, as a result, half of the roof is missing, some parts of the wall are broken. When it rains it is not possible to use the toilet, because rain enters into the inside of the toilet and wooden floor, which was already old and rotten, became slippery. My classmate during her visit to the school toilet fell down to the toilet. Fortunately she wasn’t alone and her classmate helped her to get out.”
In Due to the lack of toilet paper, students sometimes used stones or dried cow dung lying around the school No 2. in Ivanovka, as in many other rural schools in Kyrgyzstan, conventional toilets are simple pit latrines. They smell badly and are very unpleasant building for the users. A big drawback of such toilets is the anal cleansing which creates high risk for human health WASH related diseases such as a consequence of poor sanitation and environmental pollutionhelminth infections. A new, alternativeDuring menstruation, sustainable toilet solution was proposed to the school: the Urine Diverting Dry (UDD) toilet. Ivanovka is suitable for such an innovative solution, girls are especially in trouble as it is located close to Bishkek. The vicinity to the capital makes the new school toilet an easily accessible demonstration site for officials and other stakeholders. Here everyone can convince him- or herself that the used UDDT technology is an excellent alternative to both conventional pit they do not have any privacy in these latrines and costly flush toilets requiring costly sewerage and sewage treatment plants. For the construction of these public toilets, a number of permits are required: from the Sanitary and Epidemiological Station, the State Regulatory Architectural Agency and the Local Department of Architecture. In this way, the first step was made to introduce the UDD technology into the current environmental and architectural legislation of Kyrgyzstan.
'''Toilet Design and Environmental Technology:'''[[File:Ablution facilities The teachers reported that they did not drink in the education centermorning to avoid going to the pit latrine during classes.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Ablution facilities in the education center]]
The toilets are placed adjacent school director asked the local NGO Agency for Support Development Process Nau (ASDP Nau) to renovate the school building in such a way that a comfortable access from inside the school building is possibletoilet. There were installed six handThe installation of urine-washing sinks diverting dry toilets (UDDT) in separated blocks for boys and a soil filter for greywater treatment. After separation, the faces are covered girls were suggested by adsorbing organic material, and stored in a special container placed below the cabins. Urine is stored in two 5 m3 underground tanks behind the cabins. The toilet rooms have both active ASDP Nau as this technology has been proven to be suitable and passive ventilationsustainable.
'''Development The new UDDT were realised and equipped with handwashing facilities which led to a high satisfaction among both boys and girls. However, the improvements and privacy provided is more important to the girls of Local Initiativesthe school. Guzal, a female student, says:'''“Now we are happy that we have a good toilet. It is equipped with all the necessary items. There is water for washing hands and a hygienic space, which is very necessary for us, girls. The girls of our school didn’t come to school during the menstruation period, because they did not have a safe place to go, but now our new toilet has a door, a roof and girls are not afraid anymore to attend the school during the menstruation.”
The NGO "Alga" conducted a series of trainings and seminars for pupils and teachers at the school that cover different environmental issues, from environmental protection was able to sanitation and hygiene, from food security find a local farmer willing to community development initiatives. An Ecological Club was formed among purchase the activists of urine collected at the school. Children themselves conducted seminars and workshops on sanitation and hygiene for their peers. With The income generated helps the support school cover part of the Alga, they held a drawing cost of supplies including toilet paper and photography contest devoted to environmental issuessoap. During spring the members of the Ecological Club planted lilacs in the school yard and in summer they organized actions under the slogan ''"For our clean village!"''
'''Local financial supportASDP Nau involved the community and the children in all steps of the project:'''informing, consulting, planning, implementation, monitoring, decision making process, management, etc. The design of the facility was developed in cooperation with an architect of the region, and the plan was approved by the relevant institutions. It is important to agree on responsibilities and duties of the school and a Memorandum of Understanding clarifying these issues is usually signed by the head of the local Jamoat (municipality), ASDP Nau, and representatives from the school, and the school receives the grant and is responsible for construction and maintenance of the sanitation facility.
Aiyl okmotu (local authority) Still, it took time for students to get used to the new toilet because the use of Ivanovka donated a load new type of sand toilet needs some time for acceptance, and gravel for construction education was an important part of that process. “It is a very sensitive issue. In one case we experienced that the students were too shy to go to the new school toiletstoilet as they were afraid to make it dirty so that they were still using the old pit latrine. The regular cleaning of Thanks to the UDD toilets is paid by education measures and active students, we could raise the local budget ensuring acceptance,” says Surayo from ASDP Nau. Therefore she recommends the sustainability removal of the actionformer pit latrines in addition to awareness raising activities.
'''Key lesson ''The key lessons of the projectstory:'''''
For a long-run sustainability it was important to implement a technology, that was affordable for a Especially school girls benefit from ecosan toilets and take into account the local water supply. For the success, the cooperation with the local authority is neededwashing facilities in rural Tajikistan.
=== Contribution to the SuSanA's sustainability criteria Sustainability Criteria===
'''Environment Health and natural resourcesHygiene:Especially the school girls benefit from the new toilet and the wash facilities and their hygienic conditions and privacy.''' Greywater treatment was also solved within the project.http://akvopedia.org/s_SuSanA/images/b/bc/Pupils_in_front_of_the_education_center.JPG
'''Technology Environment and operationnatural resources:''' The toilet products of the UDDT is a sustainable are being safely re-used and an appropriate technology in areas without reliable water supplydo not pollute the environment.''
'''Financial Technology and economic issuesoperation:''' Affordable solution for Stakeholder involvement helps gain commitment to the schoolnew sanitation system.
'''Socio-cultural Financial and institutional aspectseconomic issues:in one school the urine can be sold to a farmer.''' Trainings for the students about several sustainability aspects and practical activities in group.
=== Project details ===''Socio-cultural and institutional aspects: it is important to involve all stakeholders. The new toilets are of special benefit for the school girls.''
Financial support: The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the German Embassy in Bishkek===Project details===
Program'''Type of project: Empowerment and Local Action''' Eco Toilet with wash facilities for the school in Gafurov
'''Project management and designperiod: CEF UNISON''' October 01, NGO ALGA2012 until March 31, 2013
Project partners'''Start of operation: UNISON, ALGA, WECF''' 2012
'''Project scale:''NGO ALGA''' was founded as a voluntary public organization. Its mission: to improve rural women's status 55 schools, 776 school children and standard of living via stimulation of women's awareness of their realitiesteachers, develop their capacity conducting 4 trainings for personal development, strengthen their participation in development activities, and advocate for their rights.''<br/>133 participants
'''''WECF Address of project location:'''(Women in Europe for a Common Future) is a non-governmental organization established in 1994 following the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de JaneiroTajikistan, to give women a stronger voice in the field of sustainable development and environment.''Sughd district
Start of activities'''Implementing institution: 2009''' ASDP Nau, supported by WECF
=== Contact==='''Supporting agency:''' Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs, NatraCare
[[File:Partners'''''ASDP Nau''''' is a local NGO working on sustainable development and increase of socio – economic status in communities of Tajikistan. UDDTs were installed at seven schools in the Sughd region of Tajikistan by ASDP Nau with support of WECF. Funding came from the Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs and the company NatraCare.JPG|thumb|right|200px]]
'''CEF UNISON:''WECF'''''(Women in Europe for a Common Future) is a non-governmental organization established in 1994 following the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, to give women a stronger voice in the field of sustainable development and environment.[[File:Logo WECF.jpg|thumb|right|150px]][[File:Logo ASDP Nau.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
{{No spam|office_unison|saimanet.kg}} ===Contact===Claudia Wendland
Kyrgyzstan, Chui oblast, Issyk-Ata rayonWECF
'''NGO ALGA:'''{{No spam|Claudia.Wendland|wecf.eu}}
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Kyrgyzstan, Chui oblast, Issyk-Ata rayontSurayo Saidova
Zherkazar, Aydarbekova 35Agency for Support Development Process Nau (ASDP Nau)
'''WECF Germany/Netherlands/France:'''{{No spam|surayosaidova|agencynau.tj}}
[http://www.wecfagencynau.eu/ wecftj agencynau.eutj] Dr. Claudia Wendland: {{No spam|claudia.wendland|wecf.eu}} ''Please contact WECF for information about other sanitation projects in the EECCA region''.
