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EcoSan in Rural Armenia: Sustainable School Sanitation

The project aims to establish a sustainable, affordable, and safe school sanitation system in rural Armenia, introducing ecological sanitation approaches to reduce contamination of drainage and groundwater. Through community mobilization and awareness campaigns, the project focuses on raising public awareness about hygienic and health risks.

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EcoSan in Rural Armenia: Sustainable School Sanitation

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  1. Ecological Sanitation in Rural Armenia Elena Manvelyan, MD. PhD Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment in partnership with Women in Europe for a Common Future Vienna, 2007

  2. Aims of the Project • Establishment of a sustainable, affordable and safe school sanitation system • Introduction of approaches of ecological sanitation and wastewater management • Reducing contamination of drainage water and groundwater • Raising public awareness on hygienic and health risks

  3. Activities • Community mobilization through establishment of Women and Village Committees • Involvement of children in raising awareness campaign through innovative artistic approaches (eco games, exhibitions, created book) • Raising awareness campaign (lectures, seminars, meetings etc.) • Parasitological investigation of schoolchildren’s stool

  4. Activities • Treatment of infected children • Parasitological investigation of the soil around the school pit -latrine • Designing eco toilet of school and construction: 7 urine diverting toilets 3 waterless urinals 6 hand washing basins

  5. Hayanist Ecosan Toilet

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