DR:Mali Water and Disabilities Study/Latrines and Domestic Water Use
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Summary
Purpose statement
To partner with native Malians in developing context-specific aids for persons with disabilities and with difficulties in water access and use. This subteam's focus is domestic use of water, including dishwashing, laundry, bathing, latrines, and transportation of small volumes of water.
Goals
- Ascertain range and distribution of disabilities in Tominion region
- Provide suggestions to World Vision Mali to make their latrines and laundry pads more widely accessible
- Collaborate with World Vision, Handicap International, and village inhabitants to suggest methods of improvement to water access and use in other areas around the home
- Focus on the needs of a few individuals, developing technologies and offering suggestions specific to their situations
History
- The Latrine and Domestic Water Use subteam formed in F06 as part of the Mali Water Project
Team
Resources
- Jones, Hazel and Bob Reed. Water and Sanitation for Disabled People and Other Vulnerable Groups: Designing Services for Improve Accessibility. Water, Engineering and Development Centre. Leicestershire, UK: Loughborough University, 2006.
- http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/index.php
- Water, Engineering and Development Centre homepage (Eng)
- Sanplat latrine system information (Eng)
- Organization for children with disabilities in Mali - contact information (Fr)
- Contact information for the CNAOM (Centre National Appareillage et Orthopédique Malien - Fr)
- Plans for many simple chairs and devices for children with diabilities affecting their legs (Fr)
- For use in a typical western home, but still offers useful diagrams for around-the-house tasks in a wheelchair (Fr)
- This company makes and sells toiletry aids (and aids for many other purposes) for persons with disabilities (Fr)
- Nepalese people were surveyed for suggestions to improve their latrines. Though only one person was handicapped, others include pregnant women, elderly, sick, etc. The picture of the commode-ish chair (see also, stool) and suggestions of different types of wooden or GI pipe handles are useful (Eng)
- L'association LEO is an organization for orphans with disabilities. It gives causes of abandonment of handicapped orphans (Infos en ligne #3) and a brief summary of children’s disabilities at this particular institution (Infos en ligne #5). For specific contact information, see L’association, Contactez-nous, and Infos en ligne #9 (Fr)
- This site offers medical statistics from study in Bla, Segou (p. 23), a survey of the presence of handicaps (26), and statistics on the availability of medication (62) (Fr)
Documentation
Contact Information
For more information about this project, please contact:
- Daniel McCurdy
- dm1294@messiah.edu
- For more information about this template, please read Help:Project article and Help:Template.
