The project brings low cost solutions to environmental reparation. It was attended by representatives of 5 communities of Ceará, Brazilian Northeast that are: Prainha do Canto Verde, municipality of Beberibe, Lagamar and Planalto Pici of Fortaleza, Camurim of Itaiçaba and Nova Esperança of Aracati.
BASON WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
The team of Tibá spent 4 days in Prainha do Canto Verde carrying out a BASON (compost toilet) workshop.
With the objective of qualifying the communities in the construction of a compost toilet, the architect and founder of TIBÁ Johan van Lengen, who has lived for 15 years in Brazil, instructed the participants how to make the concrete plates, to mount them, the installation of the accessories (ventilation tubes and lids), developing and completing the first ecological toilet of the State of Ceará.
The beauty of the Bason is its operation, with zero use of water and it conserves the water table clean of the traditional sewer system methods, serious problem in the region. The Bason was accepted with enthusiasm by the representatives of the communities as a great solution.
The system will be implanted in those five communities that possess different scenarios in the State (costal/urban/rural). Educational materials will be developed to promote the use and acceptance of this technology and to inform the population of the importance of hygiene.
"The use of this method will be accompanied during one year by technicians, health inspectors and community leaders" affirms René Schärer, founder of the Institute Terramar, coordinator of the project.
The results will be considered and presented to national and international health organizations, government entities and the civil society of Brazil. The benefited communities will become beacons for similar works in other areas of the state and country.