Peace Corps

BASIC SANITATION PROJECT
Summary of Goals and Objectives

Project Purpose	Low-income families living in targeted Bolivian rural and urban communities will have access to improved environmental health infrastructure and the skills to maintain it, thus achieving a better quality of life.
Goal 1 SAFE WATER	Families in targeted communities will have access to safe water systems. Volunteers and their work partners will: Build 100 new water systems Improve 200 existing water systems Train 300 local water committees Train 12,500 people in household water purification Train 5,000 water system operators
Goal 2 SANITATION	People in target communities will have access to and will properly use latrines/bathrooms and gray water systems. Volunteers and their work partners will: Train 10,000 in handling of excrements Facilitate construction of new and improvement of existing latrines for 4,000 families Facilitate construction of grey water systems for 1,000 families Ensure that 1,000 families’ latrines comply with checklist
Goal 3 SOLID WASTE	People in targeted communities will understand and practice proper solid waste disposal, thus improving their quality of life. Volunteers and their work partners will: • Train 2,000 people on solid waste separation for recycling • Train 2,000 people on plastics recycling • Train 2,000 people on proper solid waste management • Train 2,000 people on reduce, reuse recycle

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