The practice of sharing sanitation facilities. A case study on shared sanitation facilities as sustainable form of access to sanitation in the West Nile Region, Uganda

Abstract

This research provides an in-depth understanding about shared sanitation practices in the West Nile Region in Uganda, as well as a discussion on how this practice could possibly fit into sustainable access to improved sanitation in the light of the post-2015 sustainable development goals. Furthermore the research is designed to provide insight for local LCBs and NGOs in designing future interventions related to the practice of sharing sanitation. This research shows that sharing a latrine facility could be a proper choice for sanitation when a private latrine is not feasible, and is a first step on the sanitation ladder. When the issues of sharing sanitation are addressed by constructing qualitative latrine facilities with deeper pits and several stances representing the amount of households who feel responsible for cleaning and maintaining their own stance, a shared sanitation facility could offer sustainable access to an improved form of sanitation.