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Dunster House’s mould of a urine diverting plastic latrine slab. Image: Dunster House

Reinventing the toilet

Brian McSorely

November 19th, 2018 Emergencies, General, Humanitarian, Innovation, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

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 …

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A woman walks through Hassansham camp for displaced people, near the town of Khazer, Iraq, December 2016.

All these unused toilets – who are we building them for?

Kerry Akers and Julie Lafrenière

November 16th, 2017 General, Protection, Refugees and IDPs, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Going 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 …

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Sustainable emergency sanitation – no longer a pipe dream!

Lucy Polson

November 16th, 2017 General, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

How 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 …

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A tiger worm found in mud, Ethiopia.

Tigers in the toilet

Angus McBride

November 18th, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Could 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, …

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Residents collect water from a communal pipe, right next to an open sewer and drain

The forgotten nexus of sanitation, hygiene & water: Is this the inhibitor to progress?

Katie Whitehouse

November 18th, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

In 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 …

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Making standards practical is critical to sanitation innovation for rapidly expanding urban areas in developing countries

Katie Whitehouse

November 18th, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

WASH 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 …

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A toilet block built by Oxfam at a temporary schools in Gorkha, Nepal.

The dilemma of managing toilets

Katie Whitehouse

November 18th, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Where 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 …

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Building latrines in Logan Town, Liberia.

Toilet access is dominating programme delivery but what is the point of building more toilets if we cannot manage them?

Katie Whitehouse

November 18th, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Tomorrow 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 …

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