This guide published by the Global Water Initiative (GWI) provides step-by-step instruction on building simple pit latrines. It was designed for use as a technical do-it-yourself guide at the individual household level to assist families in West Africa who have already decided to build their own latrines. In a nutshell, this guide was created to ensure that as a result of users’ total satisfaction with the quality of their new latrines, they will permanently abandon the practice of open air defecation.
