Cotani – Eco Latrines for 50 Families
Cotani is located in the valleys near Cochabamba. This village of 50 or so families has a health clinic provided by the Bolivian
Methodist Church, and some ‘improved’ water, though not really “potable”.
The community, led by the health nurse at the clinic, asked EIA for help in building eco-latrines. EIA found a chapter willing to take up this project; in our own backyard.
The EWB-Oklahoma East Professional Chapter, also located in Tulsa and with many crossover members between EIA and EWB-Oklahoma East was immediately interested in developing this project. an Eco-latrine Project. They did a pre-Assessment trip in January 2009 and an official Assessment trip in May of 2009. In November of 2009 they had their first implementation trip and completed 6 latrines. The community (after doing some additional unfinished work on the latrines) invited the EIA staff to come for celebration of the opening of the latrines.
EWB-Oklahoma East have additional Implementation Trips planned for November 2010 and on through 2012.

