S
uzette Flores and her family of six live in a nine-foot by nine-foot one room house in Payatas, a notorious scavenger slum community in the Philippines. Like many other families in Payatas, she cannot afford a toilet. Her family is limited in their options to remove human waste, so they all defecate in plastic bags. Due to poor and unsanitary living conditions her family often gets ill and has diarrhea.
Suzette realizes plastic bags are not sanitary and wants access to a healthier sanitation solution. This story is common in Payatas and like the Flores family there are roughly five million other residents experiencing this daily battle. This project aims to address the conditions represented by Suzette’s story. Sanitation & Nutrition will be addressed through a modular sanitation block coupled with a community garden.