| Title | Cambodia : a Cambodian village decides to bring sanitation closer to home |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | York, USUNICEF-N |
| Secondary Title | Sanitation and hygiene case study |
| Volume | 5 |
| Pagination | 4 p.; ill.; 3 photographs; 1 box |
| Date Published | 2008-01-01 |
| Keywords | access to sanitation, cambodia, case studies, hygiene, open defecation, rapid rural appraisals, rural areas, rural communities, rural supply systems |
| Abstract | Villagers in Slaeng, 60 kilometres southwest of Phnom Penh, have made a commitment almost unique in rural Cambodia. They have determined to abandon ‘open defecation’ — the standard system of sanitation since time immemorial. In the past three years, every single household has built a toilet, and the 452 inhabitants have resolved to perform their bodily functions in their new toilets. This change of behaviour is revolutionary, considering that until recently — according to Mr. Chan Ngorn, the village chief — people thought it deeply distasteful, even frightening, to squat over the dark pit of a household latrine. [authors abstract] |
| Custom 1 | 303, 203.0 |
