Sanitation

Federation, in consortium with WASTE and Oxfam GB, announces toc securing a two year grant from USAID to develop new equipment for sanitation activities in emergencies. One of the clearest lessons we took from the Haiti earthquake response was that we were not fully prepared to respond to sanitation needs in the urban context. Since then we have worked to improve this capacity across the range of our emergency response tools. This primarily has takes the form of: To further strengthen this process, the Federation, in consortium with WASTE and Oxfam GB, is pleased to announce that we have secured a two year grant from USAID to develop new equipment for sanitation activities in emergencies. The grant funds the design and field testing of equipment for a variety of sanitation equipment needs. Several NSs have begun planning to develop similar equipment, particularly for ERUs, and we see excellent opportunities to coordinate our efforts and work in partnership. Emergency sanitation is a complicated, and previously much neglected, topic.
 * Improved WatSan emergency response training
 * Improving the skills of Red Cross Red Crescent Volunteers involved in National and Regional Disaster Response Teams (NDRT/RDRT), Emergency Response Units (ERUs), and FACT.
 * Working with the private sector to improve the equipment that our response teams uses in sanitation
 * Results will be patent free and widely shared (as well as included in our Emergency Relief Items Catalogue).
 * We believe this will increase the capacity and flexibility of the entire WatSan sector to provide sanitation in emergencies, particularly in the urban context
 * The Federation will focus on the areas of desludging, sludge treatment and disposal, and hand washing.
 * The sponsoring of student design contests is included in the grant.

==**Launch of the **== The IFRC calls on governments, donors, and communities to get the balance right between action on sanitation and on water. • Sanitation activities should be at least as well funded as water supply, and we believe this balance in funding can be achieved by 2015 so that the next global push for universal access to water and sanitation will focus equally on both aspects. • Communities in rural areas and urban settlements must be empowered to increase their resilience through access to safe water, improved sanitation and effective hygiene promotion. • No one government, donor or community can do this alone, so strategic partnerships must be established and nurtured. • As auxiliaries to their governments, national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies must bridge the gap between government and communities.

Sanitation in the RC/RC Movement
IFRC is currently a member of a multi-agency consortium looking for new solutions in sanitation. The first report on is available. More information and presentations from the sanitation workshop can be found by clicking [|here]


 * ​**[[file:AP Sanitation Workshop 2012_Summary Report.pdf|Summary Report: Asia Pacific Zone Sanitation Workshop (2012)]]

Rapid Latrines





 * Haiti Sanitation Experience**



Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) 

[|Handbook on Community-Led Total Sanitation]

A handbook on Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) to enable communities to analyse their sanitation conditions and collectively understand the impact of open defecation on public health and their environment.

Sanitation guidelines and tools
[|Training: Excreta disposal] || || [|Disposal of dead bodies in emergency training] ||
 * ===**Latrines**=== || ===**Sanitation**=== || ===**Sewage**=== || ===**Emergencies**=== ||
 * [[file:Toilet terminology.ppt|Toilet terminology for surveys]] || [|Excreta disposal in emergencies: A field guide]
 * [[file:watsanmissionassistant/fs_compostinglatrine.pdf|Compostine latrines]] || [[file:watsanmissionassistant/fs_excreta_disposal.pdf|Excreta disposal options]] || [[file:watsanmissionassistant/fs_septictank.pdf|Septic tanks]] || [[file:watsanmissionassistant/sanitation.pdf|Emergency sanitation planning]] ||
 * [[file:watsanmissionassistant/fs_porflushlatrine.pdf|Pour flush latrines]] || [[file:watsanmissionassistant/fs _cartage.pdf|Cartage]] || [[file:watsanmissionassistant/fs_sewerage.pdf|Sewerage and sewage treatments]] || [[file:watsanmissionassistant/sani-t-o.pdf|Emergency sanitation planning-technical options]] ||
 * [[file:watsanmissionassistant/fs_simplepitlatrine.pdf|Simple pit latrines]] || [[file:watsanmissionassistant/fs_sanitation_healthcentres.pdf|Sanitation in hospitals and health centers]] || [[file:Overview of Available Desludging Systems.pdf|Overview of available desludging systems]] || [[file:watsanmissionassistant/solidwaste.pdf|Solid waste management in emergencies]] ||
 * [[file:watsanmissionassistant/fs_viplatrine.pdf|VIP and ROEC latrines]] || [[file:watsanmissionassistant/fs_solidwaste.pdf|Solid waste disposal]] ||  || WEDC Emergency sanitation assessment and programme design [[file:Emergency Sanitation (WEDC).pdf|guide]] and [[file:Emergency Sanitation Tech Brief (WEDC).pdf|technical brief]] ||
 * [[file:watsanmissionassistant/fs_aquaprivies.pdf|Aquaprivies]] || SIDA Ecological sanitation in [[file:Ecological%20Sanitation.pdf|English]], [[file:Saneamiento%20Ecologico.pdf|Spanish]], [[file:Assainissement%20Ecologique.pdf|French]] ||  ||   ||
 * [[file:watsanmissionassistant/fs_openair_defecation.pdf|Open air defecation and latrines]] || [[file:UNDP-closing-the-loop.pdf|UNDP Closing the loop: Ecological sanitation and food security]] ||  ||   ||
 * || [[file:watsanmissionassistant/fs_public_places.pdf|Sanitation in public places]] ||  ||   ||

Related Links
[|EcoSan at IRC Sanitation Centre] [|EcoSan Res] [|Sanitation Updates]