Environmental Health
Whether you are in a city or village, you can learn how to address the pressing environmental health issues in your community using our resources.
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Local Solutions in Mongolia
Local Solutions is an NGO based in Mongolia and a close partner of Hesperian.
All donations will go to helping Local Solutions with the following projects:
Changing Toilets, Changing Lives
Half of Ulaanbaatar’s 1.7 million residents live in ger (yurt) districts off the sewage-pipe grid. Local Solutions and Hesperian are securing funding to help them change their outhouses into alternative toilets that will cause less pollution and increase safety.
Improving Soil, Improving Quality of Life
In the course of changing toilets, basic science and agronomy classes teach people to manage their bio waste, including dry toilet waste. These classes help improve eroded soil. In Mongolia, due to its 365-day wind, soil erosion is a constant issue and planting trees and having grassland around one’s home is a luxury. However, thanks to Local Solutions’ holistic approach to the toilet changing process, Ulaanbaatar’s off-grid Ger Area is on its way to becoming a green area in the city. Soil improvement education is spreading all over the country along with the toilet changing process.
Estamos
Estamos is a community-based organization in Mozambique bringing latrines to rural villages and reducing the impact of HIV through health education. Estamos was founded by musician and activist Feliciano dos Santos, winner of the 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize for using traditional music to teach villagers about sanitation. Hesperian worked with Feliciano and his team at Estamos to develop A Community Guide to Environmental Health and Helping Children Live with HIV.
> Watch the Hesperian Quick Clip with Feliciano dos Santos
> Watch the Hesperian Quick Clip with Hammerskjoeld “Hammer” Simwinga
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