Ecotact has been announced as one of the five finalists for the Most Innovative Award of the 2011 Africa SMME Awards. The prestigious awarding event will be held on 13th October 2011 at the Gold Reef City Hotel in Gauteng, South Africa.
Iko-Toilet
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Iko-toilet project is a flagship project for Ecotact; a social enterprise investing in innovations.
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Ecotact focuses on innovations as a clear drive towards sustainable social interventions.
David Kuria
CEO Ecotact. 
David Kuria presented a case study of the Ikotoilet during the 6th Annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York U.S.A
GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY CELEBRATION 15TH OCTOBER, 2011
The Global Hand washing Day is internationally designated and is marked every year on the 15th of October. It is a day to reiterate the call for improved hand washing practices among people of all walks of life. The main objectives of this global celebration are to foster and support a global and local culture of handwashing with soap, evaluate the state of handwashing in each country and raise awareness about the benefits of handwashing with soap.
In July this year Kenya was awarded during the African Sanitation and Hygiene Conference 3, in Kigali, Rwanda as an outstanding nation for having brought the largest number of children to wash hands simultaneously in one site, the effort also earned the country a place in the Guinness book of records.
Following the same spirit, this year in Kenya, the global handwashing day was being marked differently with a call of action for mayors and chairmen of local authorities; this is in recognition of the important role the local authorities play in sanitation and hygiene.
The municipal councils are responsible for ensuring access to both safe and hygienic sanitation facilities both in terms of infrastructure and education. Leaders and decision makers at the municipal level need to make a deliberate effort to promote proper hygiene practices such as hand washing. This will help upscale the automatic handwashing behavior to all in the community.
This day was therefore preceded by a one
AfricaSan Session on Sanitation Marketing
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Session Objectives: After having participated in this session, participants will
- Understand the role and value added of sanitation marketing to national sanitation programs
- Be aware of the emergent learning on sanitation marketing
- Understand the different ways in which sanitation marketing has been carried out in several countries
- Know of some of the resources that are available for follow-up action
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On the 5th of November 2010, winners of the 8th Cycle Dubai International Best Practice Award to Improve the Living Environment were announced by Dubai Municipality. Among them, The Ikotoilet - Improving the Urban Living Environmental Project caught the attention of the judges and scooped one of the eleven awards.
Read more...Ecotact operates on the principle of conducting honest, accurate and timely consultancies to inform and advise on the interface of the Urban Agenda in Africa for a future of a continent that should never be compromised.
Ikotoilet is a flagship project for Ecotact;
A social enterprise investing in innovations. The Ikotoilet concept looks beyond the toilet and offers a social, economic and urban transformation. It offers a mind shift on our attitude towards public sanitation.
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