Ochan Self-Help Alliance

After the clan leaders of Opac Village recorded in the minutes of one of their meetings that a priority in resettlement had to be improving the sanitation of public places such as the market and the churches, OCHAN made it a priority to direct funds towards  this goal.  Through combining the generous  donations  made for two residential 2-door latrines,  OCHAN was able to amplify the impact of these gifts by building, instead,  a 4-door pit latrine to serve over 800 parishioners at their weekly worship on Sundays.

This local church has an 800+ congregation that worship here every Sunday. Church is the highlight of the week for villagers.

The cost of  such a latrine had to include privacy walls separating  doors for men and women and needed to  be dug deeper as well as  be supported by a cement floor. The total cost to build this  structure was $550;  it will see years of service and is  pictured below.   OCHAN hopes to raise funds for 3 other public latrines in Opac.  OCHAN’s partnership with the leaders of the village is crucial to the success of our resettlement mission.  Workers on this project include local youth.

First public latrine is completed in December, 2009

Local constuction team under OCHAN's Building Director, Mr. Alfred Angel, lays the foundation of the public latrine.