Learn About Sanitation for Emergency Contexts

In this fictional scenario, you will take on the role of a consultant that has been called in to evaluate the current sanitation situation at a camp. Through the evaluation, you will learn how to avoid common pitfalls associated with fecal sludge management for latrines built during a humanitarian crisis.

Through this lesson, you will learn how to make sure the emptying and transport services being provided to camps meet or exceed the minimum requirements.

15 questions to ask yourself when choosing a location to site a latrine, particularly to access for emptying.

If your latrine pits are filling quicker than you anticipated, use this list of critical points to understand what can be behind it.

Use this checklist to ensure that the critical points required for safe practice are met for the removal, transport and disposal of fecal sludge.

Learn how to conduct a simple jar test to assess the soil composition that will help you determine an appropriate pit lining to prevent collapse.

Time taken to assess soil stability before building the latrines is time well spent. This job aid shows you how to conduct a simple jar test to assess the soil composition.

In a humanitarian crisis, the focus is on meeting sanitation needs quickly. But when latrines are built without consideration of the need for emptying, they endanger the lives and health of the emptiers and the users. Because pits built in unstable soils can collapse, they need to be lined. Through this lesson, you will learn about the different options for lining pits and when you need them.

Take this quiz to learn the common factors that can impact how quickly latrine pits will fill.

This module will guide you through important considerations for siting a latrine by focusing on accessibility from the pit emptier's perspective.