Use of stabilised soil blocks for latrine construction:experiences from Darfur, Sudan

摘要

Environmental degradation has increased rapidly in Darfur due to cumulative effects of climate changernand human impact. Excessive clearing of forests to power kilns for bricks and firewood is quite rampant.rnThe impact on the environment is quite enormous and requires urgent attention by all concerned parties.rnTearfund has since 2008 started promoting the use of low cost environmentally friendly technologyrnthrough the use of Stabilized Soil Blocks (SSB) in an effort to curb forest destruction as a result ofrnexcessive cutting down of tress to burn bricks. The organisation has purchased Stabilized Soil Blockrnmachines and has been training communities on the fabrication of the blocks and also promoting the usernof these blocks instead of the fired bricks. SSBs have been used for latrine construction at schools,rnclinics and mosques in West and South Darfur. Tearfund has also extended the use of SSBs to thernconstruction of classroom blocks at a number of schools in Darfur. The purpose of this paper is tornpromote the use of SSBs by sharing some experiences and lessons learnt from Darfur.