5.3 Case Study Current Status
Two of the three toilets are still in use in spite of the numerous construction
shortcomings and are serving the community. Multiple slits on the roofs and walls
(Fig. 2.10b) together with the absence of shutters provide light in the toilets aiding
flies to escape. At the Catholic primary school, the toilet and school has been
abandoned (Fig. 2.10a) because of the current northwest and southwest Anglophone
crisis affecting Cameroon that has kept schools closed for the past 3 years. The
external walls of the toilets are still intact (Fig. 2.10c, d), but the roofs have multiple
holes allowing light rays (Fig. 2.10c, d) to penetrate into the toilet. In spite of the
external wall and the roof that are degrading, the interior is good though the vicinity
of the squatting holes is apparently degrading (Fig. 2.10c), perhaps due to acid from
urine. The walls were partly made of cement and mud blocks (Fig. 2.10c, d) which
are still in good state. Rehabilitation can be easy requiring clearing around the
overgrown bush, mending of the roof, and provision of shutters on the door.
At the community center, the external walls are already obsolete because of rusted
and torn corrugated iron sheets and more openings on the walls (Fig. 2.3b), and the
roof of the toilet now illuminates the toilet and allows flies to escape without passing
through the vent pipe. The concrete slab is still intact and safe to use.
Fig. 2.9 Kikoo project toilets: (a) Catholic primary school toilet, (b) community center toilet, (c)
men’s weekly cultural meeting hall, and (d) new toilet at the government primary school
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Two of the three toilets are still in use in spite of the numerous construction
shortcomings and are serving the community. Multiple slits on the roofs and walls
(Fig. 2.10b) together with the absence of shutters provide light in the toilets aiding
flies to escape. At the Catholic primary school, the toilet and school has been
abandoned (Fig. 2.10a) because of the current northwest and southwest Anglophone
crisis affecting Cameroon that has kept schools closed for the past 3 years. The
external walls of the toilets are still intact (Fig. 2.10c, d), but the roofs have multiple
holes allowing light rays (Fig. 2.10c, d) to penetrate into the toilet. In spite of the
external wall and the roof that are degrading, the interior is good though the vicinity
of the squatting holes is apparently degrading (Fig. 2.10c), perhaps due to acid from
urine. The walls were partly made of cement and mud blocks (Fig. 2.10c, d) which
are still in good state. Rehabilitation can be easy requiring clearing around the
overgrown bush, mending of the roof, and provision of shutters on the door.
At the community center, the external walls are already obsolete because of rusted
and torn corrugated iron sheets and more openings on the walls (Fig. 2.3b), and the
roof of the toilet now illuminates the toilet and allows flies to escape without passing
through the vent pipe. The concrete slab is still intact and safe to use.
Fig. 2.9 Kikoo project toilets: (a) Catholic primary school toilet, (b) community center toilet, (c)
men’s weekly cultural meeting hall, and (d) new toilet at the government primary school
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