A baby boy was taken to a clinic after a neighbour, with the assistance of other residents, rescued him from a Sundumbili pit ...

A pit latrine may not put human waste out of sight and mind quite as thoroughly as a modern toilet, but it can be just as safe and dignified. An ongoing series about the hidden lives of ordinary ...

Human rights groups are pushing the South African government to do away with the sub-standard facilities in schools forever. GA-MASHASHANE, […] The post 5-year-old drowned in 10-ft.-deep pit ...

Several younger children have fallen in and drowned in the 10-feet-deep pit latrines. More than 3,000 schools in South Africa still use pit toilets - Los Angeles Times ...

Many pit toilets are made from cheap metal, are shoddily built and left uncovered South Africa is to get rid of all pit latrines in state schools within two years after a five-year-old pupil ...

Made by the toilet manufacturer American Standard, this “trap door” seals off open pit latrines that are a major source of disease in the developing world. The most advanced sanitation ...

In Durban, South Africa, and Nairobi, toilets that separated urine from feces had stronger smells than pit toilets. Knowing the exact levels in latrine air could produce more effective odor ...

After more than 40 years and 1,200 holes, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has dug its last pit latrine on the Smith River. Starting this year, floaters are now required to carry with them something ...

The Kenya Red Cross team is leading the efforts to retrieve the trapped pupils at Queen Angels Academy. The area chief said ...

At a high school in rural northern South Africa, more than 300 students and their teachers share three toilets. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation. Open Search.

The three toilets are pit latrines, effectively 10-feet-deep holes in the ground that students line up during a lunch break to use. The pit toilets at Seipone Secondary School in the village of Ga ...