Brian McSorley on Oxfam’s contribution to ensuring the poorest people on the planet have access to a loo. Earlier this month, Bill Gates stood up to address an international conference …
All these unused toilets – who are we building them for?
Kerry Akers and Julie LafrenièreGoing to the toilet is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a woman living in a refugee camp. That’s why we’re conducting research into the use …
Sustainable emergency sanitation – no longer a pipe dream!
Lucy PolsonHow do you install safe and sustainable toilets in crowded refugee camps which are on boggy or rocky ground? We might have the answer. For World Toilet Day Lucy Polson …
Tigers in the toilet
Angus McBrideCould the Tiger Toilet be a long lasting sanitation solution for refugee camps? We think it could be. anitation is a huge priority for Oxfam as we seek cost effective, …
The forgotten nexus of sanitation, hygiene & water: Is this the inhibitor to progress?
Katie WhitehouseIn the lead-up to World Toilet Day, Oxfam’s Katie Whitehouse looks at how water, sanitation, hygiene and development are connected. n the 1800s, towns and cities across the world, including …
Making standards practical is critical to sanitation innovation for rapidly expanding urban areas in developing countries
Katie WhitehouseWASH solutions can only implemented when they work in context. Coming up to World Toilet Day, Katie Whitehouse explains why, in some cases, standards may not be achievable. ontainer based …
The dilemma of managing toilets
Katie WhitehouseWhere there are no sewers to connect to, we need to find other ways to manage waste. Here Katie Whitehouse looks at some of the issues that come with having …
Toilet access is dominating programme delivery but what is the point of building more toilets if we cannot manage them?
Katie WhitehouseTomorrow is World Toilet Day and here, Katie Whitehouse looks at how building a toilet isn’t the end of the story and we need sustainable approaches to Water, Sanitation and …
