Why

KPSP06 marked a return to Site 01, completed 6 years earlier. The community had long identified two pressing needs. The first was the continued erosion of the neighboring waterway, leading to ever-increasing flooding. The second was the lack of sanitation facilities in the area.

What

In order to mitigate the effects of flooding, hundreds of bamboo plants were planted along the edge of the waterway, and the footbridge connecting Soweto and Silanga Villages was replaced with a longer steel bridge.

To meet sanitation needs a new toilet block was constructed with interlocking soil-stabilized bricks (ISSBs) manufactured by surrounding community residents, while the roof captures rainwater for irrigating crops in the nearby greenhouse. KPSP06 opened in February 2014.

How

Through an extensive consultation process, the community considered the benefits, drawbacks, and challenges of various sanitation systems and voted to install a dry compost toilet.

Today

One of the ways in which KPSP06 remains self-sufficient is through revenue provided by organic compost. The compost is processed in six bins behind the sanitation block and then sold to large-scale floriculture operations.