Nepal

Imagine over 400 children attending primary school having to share one poorly functioning toilet.

There was excitement all round as the Australian ambassador to Nepal, Susan Grace, visited the sanitation project in Bhattedande Village.

After going viral on You Tube with over 20,000 hits, the day to day work of the septic tank animation continues.

Autodesk, the computer software developer, donated several computers to Healthabitat with the simple request that we use them where they would do most good.

Awarded in October 2011 it has taken a long while to get the World Habitat Award to the teams working hard on sanitation projects in Nepal.

CHDS Nepal, a long time partner of Healthabitat, have successfully completed another 10 toilets in 2 villages in Nepal.

The septic tank animation produced to explain to Nepali villagers and construction teams how a septic tank works has become very, very popular.

 In Nepal thanks to the work of one of Healthabitat's partner organisations, CHDS Nepal, school kids get better toilets and dental health. 

In the early days of Housing for Health senior Aboriginal people in central Australia were the main decision makers. Making clear the message connecting health and housing was done using simple drawings. 

One of the most asked questions of the Nepal toilet program is what each toilet costs. Cost is an important factor but only if apples, or in this case toilets, are compared evenly on the basis of what they provide to improve people's health....