Hygiene and Sanitation in Nicaragua
Hygiene and
Sanitation in Nicaragua
In 2014 Green Empowerment
worked with a rural development worker names Benjamin Linder to install
gravity-fed portable water systems to serve the 100 households in Nicaragua.
The goal of the project it
to improve water sanitation, reduce disease such as cholera, and reduce open
defecation.
This project began in May
2017 and was originally supposed to serve 100 houses. Upon request of a
neighboring city the project could add an additional 52 latrines without
increasing the price of the project and was able to include the city of El
Casino. 100% of the populations of both the original Pueblo Amado and El Casino
now have access to improved sanitation, strengthening these rural villages and
the region.
Along with the instillation
of the latrines Green Empowerment also provides training on the topics of how
to improve sanitation, hygiene and health. They aren’t just providing access to latrines,
they are educating the communities how to preform latrine maintenance, the
routes of contamination, and the art of hand washing.
The beneficiaries of the
project expressed their satisfaction with the support from the organizations
involved, as well as pointing out the following changes that they’d observed because of the project:• Decrease in the incidence of gastrointestinal diseases such as diarrhea and parasites.
• Increased security and privacy by having a properly protected latrine (with walls), giving them confidence to know that they and their children are not being watched by others.
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