Throughout the reconstruction effort, significant attention has
been paid to possible solutions of turning human waste into a
usable byproduct. Up until the earthquake (and in plenty of
instances since), sanitation has been a problem, a health issue,
or a crisis of epidemic proportions. School buildings are
particularly susceptible to the spread of pathogens to
vulnurable populations. But in Haiti, proper sanitation comes at
a premium. The bathrooms of most schools can't but be simple pit
latrines–pits that, when filled are covered with dirt,
instigating the resituation of the latrine somewhere else on the
schoolgrounds. A more or less typical pre-quake Haitian school
latrine More fortunate schools such as at Elie Dubois have
employed cisterns on site to collect waste. Cisterns store the
waste in underground containers which are then emptied every 3-5
years by a truck, and the contents are taken to some off-site
"facility." One hesitates to use the term "Waste Management"
because to date in Haiti, there isn't