Women building sustainable communities
Building of 60 sanitary facilities with recycled materials, containing a sink, toilet, and shower, that function through a graywater recycling system. The project is mainly focused on women from the 8th and 9th south districts of Cochabamba, Bolivia, that are the head of their house- holds and whose families are in a social vulnerability position.
Women building sustainable communities
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Hábitat para la Humanidad Bolivia
LOCATION
Cochabamba and Viacha (El Alto), Bolivia
Year of execution
2021
DURATION
9 months
Benefited Families
60
Construction methodology
Walls material
Masonry and recycled PET bottles
Foundations and flooring materials
Concrete slab covered with ceramic tiles
Windows material
Rubber tire frame and wire net
Roofing material
Timer trusses covered with recycled rubber tires
Doors materials
Steel frame reinforced with PET bottles
Qualitative characteristics
Reuse
Reuse of graywater and waste materials like PET bottles and rubber tires.
Innovation
Development of technical construction skills for women. Improved water pumping for the water storage tank, through a pedal powered water pump.
Awareness
Use of didactic games to teach about: water use and reuse, bathroom hygiene, solid waste manage- ment and environment protection.
Financial summary
| Construction of 60 sanitary facilities | USD |
| SELAVIP Contribution | 28,000 USD |
| Other contributions | 82,000 USD |
| Total cost | 110,000 USD |
| Unit cost per family | 1,833 USD |
Construction of the solution
Construction of window frames made from tires
Source: Hábitat para la Humanidad Bolivia, 2021
Wall assembly process
Source: Selavip.org, 2021
Finished sanitary facility
Source: Hábitat para la Humanidad Bolivia, 2021
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