Title | Bolivia : a new-fangled device arrives in the Bolivian Altiplano : the toilet |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2008 |
Authors | York, USUNICEF-N |
Secondary Title | Sanitation and hygiene case study |
Volume | 4 |
Pagination | 4 p.; ill.; 3 photographs |
Date Published | 2008-01-01 |
Keywords | access to sanitation, bolivia altiplano, case studies, piped distribution, toilet hygiene, water supply |
Abstract | High up in the Bolivian Altiplano, nearly 4000 metres above sea level, a novelty has arrived in the village of Catavicollo: a toilet. Recently, two toilets — one for boys and one for girls — were installed in a school as part of a UNICEF sanitation programme extending to 38 municipalities in five of the country’s departments. The school at Catavicollo is one of 219 to have benefited from these water and sanitation projects during 2007. Altogether, this multi-donor programme spent over US$4 million last year, including US$374,000 donated by Sweden especially for school toilet facilities. [authors abstract] |
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