From Beneficiaries to Buyers: Creating a viable market for toilets in the Philippines

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Author(s)
Ramos, Rona
Wildman, Tom
Publication date
2017-03-22
Subject
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Keywords
Water and sanitation
WASH
Typhoon Haiyan
Toilets
Country
Philippines

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam
Document type
Case study
Description

In 2013, super typhoon Haiyan wreaked havoc on Eastern Samar and Bantayan Island and triggered a huge humanitarian response. Now the challenge is to support sustainable development. Having a toilet is a ‘damgo’ (a dream), not a necessity for poor families in the Philippines.  If you didn’t think having a clean toilet at home was important before the disaster, why would it be important afterwards? By bringing together the right expertise and getting good financial products in place Oxfam has supported poor families to access new markets and products actively, with the intention of supporting long-lasting change.  

Pages
6
ISBN
978-0-85598-941-5
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/620221
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http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/from-beneficiaries-to-buyers-creating-a-viable-market-for-toilets-in-the-philip-620221
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