World Toilet Day

TID: Onsdag den 19. november kl. 18.30-20.30

STED: EWB-DK (Ingeniører uden Grænser), Skt. Annæ Plads 16, 1250 København K.

TILMELDING: Senest den 17. november på mail: [email protected]

Deltagelse er gratis.

Did you know that every minute a child dies due to lack of toilets?

TID: Onsdag den 19. november kl. 18.30-20.30

STED: EWB-DK (Ingeniører uden Grænser), Skt. Annæ Plads 16, 1250 København K.

TILMELDING: Senest den 17. november på mail: [email protected]

Deltagelse er gratis.

Did you know that every minute a child dies due to lack of toilets?

One third of humanity lacks access to a toilet. This fact poses a serious threat to our common general health and security. When people relieve themselves out in the open, water sources are polluted, resulting in the spread of diseases such as diarrhoea and cholera.

The battles for clean water and sanitation thus go hand in hand. In 2010, UN stated that water and sanitation are human rights, yet today more people have a mobile phone than access to a toilet.

If we are going to solve the challenges caused by the sanitary issues, both technical solutions and cultural insights are needed. People do not only need access to a toilet, they should also want to use it, and know how to use it.

EWB-DK is thus inviting scientists, students, NGOs and engineers to a themed evening about how we may create sustainable solutions to the sanitary challenges in the poor countries of the world.

Programme

18:30 Welcome
      ​by moderator Mille Wilkens, EWB-DK volunteer and a member of the board of EWB-DK
 
18:40 Sanitation work in Sierra Leone, CLTS
    ​Presentation by Dorte Lindegaard Madsen, International Coordinator, EWB-DK

EWB-DK and its partner Engineers without Borders – Sierra Leone (EWB-SL) have for five years done water and sanitation work in Sierra Leone.

The presentation on the EWB-DK approach to working with water and sanitation will thus focus on how the project uses water and sanitation to strategically work with village development and share the experiences about the method Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), the national strategy in the WASH field used to achieve a behavioural change in relation to the use of latrines.

It has not been an absolute success, and the presentation will show us both the positive sides and what problems may come into play in the application of this method.
 
19:10​ The Blue Diversion Toilet – a completely new development of sanitation in developing countries

Presentation by Tove Larsen, PhD from DTU, Group Leader and Member of Directorate at Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology.
 
Tove Larsen will talk about a new approach to sanitation in developing countries, the Blue Diversion Toilet, which is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The Blue Diversion Toilet is the centrepiece of a market-based approach to sanitation that will be attractive for profit-seeking entrepreneurs as well as for the costumers. The focus of the talk will be on the technical development of the toilet and the experience from the pilot projects.
 
19:40 Why do some cultures find it difficult to use toilets?

Presentation by Flemming Konradsen, Professor of International Environmental Health and Director of the Copenhagen School of Global Health.
         
Understanding what may motivate households and communities to invest in sanitation is a key factor in the promotion of safe sanitation.  

The investment in sanitation, the use and maintenance of such facilities may be motivated by context but some behaviors, cultural, social and gender factors are common to communities across countries.
 
20:10 Open debate and questions

There will be a light refreshment during the course of the evening.

Se også telegrammet

http://www.u-landsnyt.dk/nyhed/05-11-14/toiletter-redder-liv