June 2011

The construction of the CSB in Teshie is proceeding. Last month the highest point has been reached and this month (June) all the roofings are finished. This 20-seater has been completely plastered from inside, so the next main job is the tiling. Coming weeks a cleaning action will be help in cooperation of the Teshie Assembly, to clean the surroundings of the CSB. The Assembly will provide for street lights for the darker times of the day and will join Safi Sana in a cleaning campaign, jointly with community groups in the area. The CSB is planned to be operational from the end of August. After a short ‘dry-run’ an official opening will be arranged at the end of September. More details on this opening will follow.

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At this site we aim to make use of the existing septic tank underneath the old toilet. The quality of the tank was not known so after demolition of the building, all the waste that had been piled up in the existing septic tank, was taken out. This had to be done during the night hours to minimize the inconvenience for the community.  After that we were able to do an inspection of the septic tank chamber, to check leaks and repair where needed. The tank is now fixed and ready to be re-used for separate collection of black water and grey water in the new CSB.

Last February we started the construction of the first Communal Service Block (CSB) in Teshie. At the site there were two aqua privy toilets (20 seater) in a bad state, one still operational and the other not. One of the two blocks will be demolished and transferred into a safi sana public toilet. The construction is executed by a local contractor with the help of workers from the community. We held an official ceremony with local representatives of the Assembly and the Community. Immediately after the ceremony the demolishing of the building started. We aim to have the toilet operational in July 2011. You can follow the developments of this toilet block at this blog.

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