Here is a note from Rad who oversees our Sustainability Projects:

As part of our Agricultural Extension Sustainability Training project, the village of Peyi Pouri just got two “Arborloo” compost toilets for the community. The Walhalla Rotary Club sponsored this community sustainable development project, which provided both a rainwater catchment system and these compost toilets. Here we see Wilner and the ATC staff training the people on the use and benefits of composting toilets as a way to improve sanitation and hygiene while providing a great way to grow beneficial trees at the same time.

The idea is to use the “Arborloos” (a re-locatable compost “latrine”) over shallow compost toilet pits. The dry material in the tub is how you “flush” a compost toilet – the organic material covers the waste, helping it to decompose into beneficial, safe compost. Composting safely and effectively reduces the human waste into useful products. Once the pit is full, you move the Arborloo to another location and plant a tree in the first location. The trees grow very quickly because they now have their own source of nutrients from the compost! Centuries-old “new” technology! You can see how happy the people are to have this improvement for their village. This project is an example of our “Appropriate Technologies” section of the ATC training center. A modest investment into villages like this makes a huge and beneficial impact on their well-being. A huge “Thank You” to the donors who sponsor these kinds of sustainability projects for our neighbors.