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The objective of this study is to document and assess existing container-based sanitation (CBS) approaches, with a particular focus on evaluating their safety, reliability, affordability, and financial viability. The report also seeks to identify the circumstances in which CBS approaches are most appropriate. The study was motivated by growing interest in the emerging CBS experiences and by the fact that many governments, city authorities, and financing entities are often not familiar with the approach. The study builds on four case studies: Sanergy, Nairobi, Kenya; Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods [SOIL], Cap-Haitien, Haiti; Clean Team, Kumasi, Ghana; and x-runner, Lima, Peru.

Increasingly insurance is being seen as a way to protect low-income people against the worst effects of catastrophes, such as the storms, floods and earthquakes which are regular and devastating for poor Haitians. Yet a chasm exists between the world of multinational reinsurers and the daily life of Haiti’s most vulnerable. Find out how Fonkoze, Haiti’s largest microfinance institution, was able to bridge this gap.