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Comment on Kenya – Survey of school hygiene in Nairobi’s informal settlements by cheluget kipkemboi

cheluget kipkemboi — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:06:16 +0000

good work.it would be of interest to know the quality of water used in these schools owing to the fact that Nairobi was recently hit by water shortage and cases of cholera outbreaks have been reported in some slum areas.

Comment on Urban Reproductive Health Initiative – New website by Dixita

Dixita — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:27:45 +0000

help more and more kids is really nice of you because you guys are really helping this wrold because evrey kids are a gift form god I would like to help you in this but I don’t know how can I be able diti as please infome in case you guys need help. God may help you and they may porsper you

Comment on India – Diseases prevention programme in slums by Subrato Kumar Mondal

Subrato Kumar Mondal — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:37:00 +0000

Can you please a detail about the project?

Comment on Oct. 23 update from the International Conference on Urban Health, Nairobi by John Steward

John Steward — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:55:13 +0000

Thank you for the update from the Nairobi conference. I wish I could have been present.

Comment on Urban Health Workshop – American Public Health Association Conference by Umang Kochhar

Umang Kochhar — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:53:17 +0000

In India, we are trying to do a comparative analysis of the urban health scenarios and city models being used in Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt, Mexico and Brazil and in India, the States of Tamilnadu, Kerala and Maharashtra. It would help in using the best practices to leverage the program.

I will be grateful if anyone who has any material/information on any country can pass it to me at umang.mhrd@gmail.com.

Comment on Save the Children – Two million Indian slum children die every year by Muhammad Mizanur Rashid Shuvra

Muhammad Mizanur Rashid Shuvra — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:30:10 +0000

So, what then is Development? Professor Amartay Sen, and Indian/Bengali who links development and freedom I hope is aware of this….a country reaching the G20s and eventually being categorized as middle income country? Things get a bit difficult when development is described with a clear deprivation of health…..so are development in the cities? in the labs? in the air and space? what percentage of the population are included in the definition of “development?” How should development be defined?

Comment on Swine-Flu Slaughter Leaves Cairo Without Pigs to Devour Trash by melissa

melissa — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:01:52 +0000

A documentary, “Marina of the Zabbaleen”, was just released in select theaters and on DVD.

The film is about a 7-year-old girl (Marina) who lives at the base of a mountain in Cairo, Egypt. Her village (Muqqattam) is a community of Zabbaleen — or Zabaleen — whose entrepreneurial waste management system produces the highest recycling rate in the world.

It premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, won a Muhr Award at the 2008 Dubai International Film Festival, and was reviewed by The New York Times – http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/movies/09marina.html.

It’s also the first feature film to use a new eco-friendly DVD technology (the “Flex DVD”), which uses 50% less plastic than traditional DVDs, reduces the carbon footprint by 50%, and eliminates the need for a non-biodegradable bonder. Also, the rest of the packaging is made from 95% recycled materials. ALSO, the marketing campaign for the film has been completely paperless.

There’s some more info about the film and the Flex DVD at http://marina.torchfilms.com.

Oh, and the company that’s releasing “Marina” (Torch Films) is giving 10% of gross revenues to help the Zabbaleen recover from their dislocation (caused by the pig cull).

Comment on Toilets Making a Difference at Clinton Global Initiative by Claude Good

Claude Good — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:29:24 +0000

If you have not already, it might be good to check out composting toilets. They use worms to compost the material. The idea is to “turn on their heads” what bad intestinal worms do by having “good worms” form compost that can be used to increase crop yields for those whose nutritional intake was compromised by the bad worms – making worms work for us instead of against us. When done correctly, their is no odor connected with this process. It is especially useful in agricultural areas of the world. You could check on this with one of our “Worm Warriors” who is working on this project: Jeff Morgan in Peru. jchange7@yahoo.com. I applaud your efforts. Claude

Comment on Nairobi – Iko toilets are now hubs of entertainment by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:01:52 +0000

David… I meet you at the session at the World Urban Forum, where you presented the IKO toilet.. fascinating project.

Just a couple of quick questions. My daughter would like to use this example for a school economics project. Each group of 3 students has an initial investment of 75.000 USD, to invest in a business idea, which will contribute to ecomonic growth. She would particualary like, in addition, to contribute to the environment and eco friendly waste management. Her business idea comes from the fact that in Ncaragua, where we live, one of the growth ares in business is tourism. Yet the very basic of services .e.g. toilets, are lacking. There is a small town which has seen some sustained growth in tourism, yet there are no toilets, so the idea of a deluxe, top of the range -clean, hyigenic toilet mall with other services, would be ideal. Cruise ships come into this small port, and we are not quite sure what they do other than go to the toilet before disembarking and cross the legs the rest of the day!!!

So first, would an initial investoment of 75,000 USD be sufficient to put up the first toilet block. Can you send some specifications. We would like to include hot showers, using solar panels… This would a service for those bathers who want to have a nice warm shower after being in the sea. A side business would be renting umbrellas and deck chairs on the beach, together with a shop that would provide basics for wise sun bathing, and some eco souvenirs, including recycled paper. In other words, we would like to give the day tripper or the cruise line passenger, and the local community a top of the range quality service, and do our bit for the environment.

Any information would be very welcome, especially how the IKO works, for the environment )how have the dry urinals worked_ Is there acceptance of this. Ideally if you could send me the presentation that you gave with the wonderful pictures, it would be very useful to show, where the ·good idea· came from.

Finally, we are against the clock on this one… so any information asap, would be most gratefully appreciated.

Best
Irene

Comment on NEPAL: Kathmandu faces worsening water crisis by » Kathmandu’s hopes pinned on water project Following Foreign Aid in Nepal

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:09:28 +0000

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