VOICING JUST SANITATION


The campaign seeks to amplify a cloud of voices around sanitation, to reframe discussions about what just sanitation is and could look like. We are collecting short podcasts (<2min) answering one of the following questions:
Want to contribute? Get in touch or record your own vocal here.

Who are the sanitation heroes we should celebrate across African cities 


Pascale Hofmann

Associate Professor in Environmental and Sustainable Development
DPU Faculty of the Built Environment, UCL


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Sulaiman Foday Kamara

Researcher at SLURC, community officer and focal person for the informal settlements and community-related groups in Freetown


SLURC


Abass Kargbo

Mechanical pit emptier in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo by Sulaiman F Kamara, 2020.



Catarina Simões Mavila

Consultant in Social Anthropology, COWI, Gender and Sexual & Reproductive rights expert.


COWI


Nadia Ramanantsara

Nadia Ramanantsara, Head of Public Sanitary Infrastructure, of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Department of the Urban Municipality of Antananarivo



Prisca

Prisca, toilet attendant or “pee lady”, co-manager of a mobile urinal, employee of MADIO Vidange & Plomberie, Antananarivo, Madagascar



Anjara Maharavo

Anjara Maharavo, Head of the Hygiene Promotion Division, of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Department of the Urban Commune of Antananarivo, Madagascar



Véronique Randrianarison

Véronique Randrianarison, Manager of MADIO Sludge Emptying & Plumbing, Antananarivo, Madagascar



Peter Khamisi

Secretary general of the Septage Emptiers Association of Kenya and deputy treasurer for the Pan African Association of non-sewer Sanitation Actors (PASA)


Christoph Lüthi

Dr. Eng. in infrastructure planning, Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development (Sandec), EAWAG



Nelly Leblond

Post-doctoral research fellow, DPU University College London

What does sanitation (in)justice look like in African cities?  


Pedro Arrojo

UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Emeritus professor at University of Zaragoza, and former deputy at the Spanish Parliament. Co-founder the New Water Culture Foundation, and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize



Priti Parikh

Associate Professor, Head of UCL Engineering for International Development Research Centre and founder of of UCL’s MSc in Engineering for International Development
EFID


Ibra Sow

President of the Pan African Association of non-sewer Sanitation Actors (PASA) and of Autonomous Sanitation Actors in Senegal (AAAS)



Jamiatu Sesay

Community development practitioner, member of the Federation for Urban and Rural Poor (FEDURP) and resident of Dworzak community, Freetown, Sierra Leone
FEDURP & Codoshapa


Astrid Mujinga

Astrid Mujinga, journalist, writer, women’s rights activist, and coordinator of the Congolese Women’s Cord for Households Balance (CFCEM), Democratic Republic of Congo


Mariam Bakayoko

Mariam Bakayoko, Community leader, Biafra district of Treichville, Abidjan, Ivory Coast


Honorable Félicité Naweza

Honorable Félicité Naweza, Provincial Deputy for South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo



Solange Tiémélé

Solange Tiémélé, 5th Deputy Mayor of Treichville, Ivory Coast


Mbaye Mbéguéré

PhD in Environmental Sciences, Senior WASH Manager at WaterAid, former Senior Program Coordinator of the African Water Association, and former National Coordinator of the program for the structuring of the faecal sludge market for the benefit of poor households in Dakar


David Heymann

Communications Officer for Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) Bartlett Development and Planning Unit UCL, landscape architect with experience grounded in urban design, participatory practice, and localised engagement
Urban-KNOW


Joseph Macarthy

Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) and lecturer at the Institute of Geography and Development Studies, Njala University

SLURC


Kavita Wankhade

Senior Lead – Practice at IIHS, leading the Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support Programme (TNUSSP), scaling safe & inclusive sanitation across the state
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Colin McFarlane

Professor in urban Geography, Durham University, exploring the experience and politics of sanitation in informal neighbourhoods of African and South Asian cities
Durham University


Richard Prosper

Community development practitioner and researcher at Ardhi University

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Loan Diep

Researcher on Urban Water and Sanitation, Green Infrastructure, Socio-Environmental Justice and their intersection. PhD candidate at University College London
EFID


Peter Khamisi

Secretary general of the Septage Emptiers Association of Kenya and deputy treasurer for the Pan African Association of non-sewer Sanitation Actors (PASA)


Andrea Rigon

Associate professor, DPU Faculty of the Built Environment, UCL, founder of the Sierra Leone Urban Research Center and Chair of CatalyticAction
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Abdoulaye Diop “Pelé”

Abdoulaye Diop residing in Saint Louis Senegal, talks about the internal and disastrous solutions found by women to evacuate wastewater from their home



Fama Diop

Elder women also experience sanitation problems. Mrs. Fama Diop, 70 years old, living in Saint Louis Senegal tells about the ordeals of her environment


What taboos should be tackled to ensure safe toilets for all? 


Claudy Vouhé

Founder of L’Etre Egale, co-founding member of Genre en Action, supporting gender mainstreaming in public policies and programmes of government bodies, international organisations, research institutions, NGOs and women’s local organisations

L'etre Egale


Raktim Ray

Urbanist and lecturer (Teaching) at the Development Planning Unit, UCL

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David Schaub-Jones

Co-founder of SeeSaw, harnessing Information and Communication technologies to support the provision of clean water, environmental protection, and the delivery of safe sanitation services



Peter Khamisi

Secretary general of the Septage Emptiers Association of Kenya and deputy treasurer for the Pan African Association of non-sewer Sanitation Actors (PASA)


Angèle Koué

Angèle Koué, expert in gender issues, President of Gender, Parity, Women Leadership (GEPALEF), Ivory Coast



Lanto

Lanto, Housekeeper and tenant, Antananarivo, Madagascar



Brigitte Taho

Brigitte Taho, Professor of Biologie and Earth Sciences, President of the NGO Filles d’Excellence, Ivory Coast



Nathalie Musau

Nathalie Musau, deputy representative of the students of the Higher Institute of Commercial and Financial Studies (ISECOF), Democratic Republic of Congo



Wilbard Kombe

https://vimeo.com/497203738

Professor of Urban Land Development Studies and former Director of the Institute of Human Settlements at Ardhi University

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Emilie Tapé


Emilie Tapé, Sex blogger and expert in Gender and the Protection of Women, Ivory Coast


Braima Koroma

Director of Research and Training of the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) and lecturer at the Institute of Geography and Development Studies, Njala University

SLURC


Awa Ba

Ms. Awa Ba, actress recounts her experiences with toilets and sewage disposal, Saint Louis, Senegal



Khady Ba

Khady Ba, community representative, talks about the problems with the toilets during the rainy season


Unsanitary sanitation workaround

In Diamaguene, Saint Louis Senegal, women are responsible for dealing with wastewater. To palliate the lack of connection to sewers and the reflux of sewage, they pay men to dispose of the waste in rainwater canals

Hanging toilet in Freetown, 2019 By: Pascale Hofmann
Seeking privacy, Dar es-Salaam, 2019 By: Pascale Hofmann

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Want to raise your voice and share your perspective on Just Sanitation?

Contact us by email or directly record your podcast 👉
answering one of the following questions:

Who are the sanitation heroes we should celebrate?
What does (in)just sanitation look like?
What taboos should be tackled to ensure safe toilets for all?

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A place “to go” in Dar es-Salaam, 2019 By: Pascale Hofmann

SANITATION FESTIVAL IN FREETOWN


In Freetown, the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) organized a Sanitation tour on World Toilet Day. The tour was joined by Municipal Authorities, NGOs, Community groups, manual and mechanical pit emptiers, and waste management companies celebrating all the women and men, boys and girls who maintain safe sanitation facilities and chains.

Sanitation Heroes

SANITATION FESTIVAL IN MWANZA

Mwanza Sanitation Festival 2020 By: Tim Ndezi, CCI

In Mwanza, the Center for Community Initatives (CCI) and Ardhi University are celebrating the variety of initiatives, projects and activities implemented by different stakeholders (public, private and community) sustaining safe sanitation across the city. Presentations, dances, songs and drawings catalysed public discussions around sanitation heroes, visions and taboos.

Student presenting her sanitation drawing during the sanitation festival in Mwanza, 2020 By : CCI

SANITATION FESTIVAL IN BEIRA

In Beira, COWI-Mozambique is organizing debates in partnership with the Mega-FM radio and launching a call for photographies to document sanitation heroes, solutions and taboos.

Radio debate 29 Dezembro Beira

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