WaterAid has posted a step by step slideshow of latrine building on its web site. It is a guide to the construction of household ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrines undertaken by WaterAid and partner organisation New Energy in the Yapalsi district of the city of Tamale in Ghana. Both organisations provide and pay for the skilled labour, tools and substructure (below ground) materials such as concrete blocks, cement and a vent pipe, while the householders dig the pits, assist the latrine artisans and build and pay for the huts enclosing the latrines, with New Energy's help and advice.

Related web sites:

• WaterAid - Technology notes - Sanitation
• Sanicon - On-plot sanitation technology

Source: WaterAid - Ghana - case studies

Tags: on-site sanitation