Working with Communities to Improve Dignity: The Case of Improved Bio-Centres in Kenya

Working with Communities to Improve Dignity: The Case of Improved Bio-Centres in Kenya

[SHS:SCIPO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Political science

[SHS:ENVIR] Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies

[SHS:ARCHI] Humanities and Social Sciences/Architecture, space management

Slum-upgrading

bio-centres

This article presents the bio-centre technology, an innovative solution that addresses the fundamental needs of densely populated informal settlements, which has improved sanitation and energy access options for residents. The bio-centre technology not only arrests the myriad of health, social and environmental problems associated with poor disposal of human waste but it also reduces the energy burden of poor communities as well as introducing new opportunities for income generation and positive socialization amongst the inhabitants in the catchment area of the facility. This article discusses the sanitation challenges in informal settlements and the bio-centre initiatives, of community actors, to redress the attendant problems.

Wasonga, George

Les cahiers d'Afrique de l'est

2011-09-01

ENG

article in non peer-reviewed journal

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00755918

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/75/59/18/PDF/13_George_Wasonga_-_IMPROVED_BIO_CENTRES.pdf