Machavenga Public Latrine Project – Mozambique

The local market attracts hundreds of people daily, but there are no public bathrooms.  There is great concern that open defecation contaminates both food and water.

After conducting a detailed Community Needs Assessment of the community of Machavenga, a common problem people wanted to fix was the lack of public bathroom facilities in the market Sicutituno.  With this market attracting several hundred people per day, it is a concern that open defecation that is practiced in the market is contaminating food and making people sick.

To create public latrines in the marketplace and conduct a sanitation training to teach the community and market vendors how to keep food from being contaminated.

This project entails two public latrine constructions at the market.  The local leaders of Machavenga are responsible for the construction and maintenance. Local leaders will also be responsible for contacting the Municipal when the latrines are ready to be emptied.

All funds from Water Charity will be used for material costs for these latrines.

The local leaders will be in charge of supplying the space and the workers for construction.

After the completion, Peace Corps Volunteer Katelyn Dzialowy will lead a community sanitation and hygiene training.

Local leaders are responsible for maintenance and for working with the Municipal for emptying the latrines.