WaterLoo - Winning the battle for safe water and sanitation
Photo Journal: WaterLoo for the community - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Water and sanitation work hand-in-hand. Practices such as open defecation make it difficult to keep the water sources free from contamination. Readily available water is just as important for waste management and the practice of proper hygiene such as hand-washing and bathing.
In areas that lack basic amenities such as public toilets, the areas surrounding the community’s homes are consequently transformed into waste-dumps. The WaterLoo projects, present in Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam aim to drastically improve these living conditions through the building of integrated hygiene and sanitation complexes that would meet the needs of the residents.
