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BeforeThe toilet facility at the Leaders of Tomorrow orphanage was originally a large pit dug into the ground, lined with cement blocks to create a leach bed for the waste. The floor was a large piece of thick plywood with holes cut into it with boxes built onto it for the toilet seats. Short concrete walls were built around the wood flooring to stabilize the wooden slats which served as the walls, and tin sheeting was attached to the walls to serve as a roof. The constant barrage of rain water, plus erosion, as well as termite damage, eventually caused the structure to cave in and it was destroyed.
AfterThe new structure is an eight stall concrete building complete with large underground septic tanks, leach beds and exhaust vents. Each of the two sides has four stalls as well as a small porcelain sink for washing hands after using the facility. The construction was managed by an onsite supervisor who purchased the supplies, hired workers from the local village, and completed the project in a few short months. What was once an unsanitary, make-shift toilet facility has now been replaced with a large, clean, efficient one-of-a-kind structure in the village.
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Water is one of the most important life needs. Included in the initial stages of the construction of the orphanage, a large, underground water cistern was built to capture all the rain water that collects off of the orphanage roof. By passing down the gutters in the rear of the building, through a pipe and into the cistern, the rainwater would be held in the reservoir for the drinking, bathing, and washing needs. The hand-dug well was not clean, and the underground water level in the area was insufficient for the needs of the Home. The water in the cistern was purified with chlorine tablets and other chemicals which were dropped into the reservoir. However, during the dry seasons of the year, when rainfall was scarce, the water would be quickly used up and purchasing water became very expensive.
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