Waste reclaimers are among the most vulnerable people in our societies. Each day is a struggle to them, handling waste as communities watch and judge them from a far. They play a very magnificent role of making our environment clean, freeing us from deadly diseases. It is a sacrifice considering that they, themselves are exposed [...]

ECOTACT CEO David Kuria has been recognized as the winner of the Africa Regional Social Entrepreneur of the year 2009. The Schwab Foundation has recognized David Kuria of Ecotact Kenya alongside Patrick Schofield of Streetwires Artists Collective (South Africa) and Mitchell Besser and Gene Falk of mothers2mothers (South Africa) as the three winners of the [...]

Ecotact took part in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting that took place on the 22nd to 23rd of September 2009. The meeting focused on the issue of the worldwide financial security. Ecotact now in its 40th Ikotoilet has committed to complete a set of 100 facilities in Eastern Africa Region by mid 2010, [...]

East Africa Breweries Limited Foundation Managing Director presented the Ksh 25 Million to Ecotact’s CEO who was accompanied by the organization’s Chairman Mr. Kamithi Ng’ang’a at the EABL main offices in Ruaraka Nairobi. This was towards the construction of Ikotoilet sanitation facilities that Ecotact is constructing in the different parts of the country.
The EABL Foundation [...]

Urine is a locally produced resource that is free.  Normal urine output of an average person is 1-2 liters per day or 50-60ml/hour. In adult humans the average production is about 1 – 2 L per day. Given the case of a household, a family of four produces enough urine to fertilize 1/3 of an [...]