Caminos
Verified · Dec 20191 min read
● projectPaused · subnational · 2003

Sarar Transformación - school ecological sanitation (Mi Escuela Saludable / TepozEco)

Multidisciplinary consulting group based in Tepoztlán, Morelos, specialized in decentralized ecological sanitation (ecosan) with a participatory approach.

Close-up of clear water cascading in textured strandsillustrative atlas image · Alex Kolundzija / Unsplash
STSarar Transformación S.C.ngoRSRon Sawyer
Part of this project? Claim your place

01 The context

It drove the TepozEco urban pilot project (2003-2006) and brought school ecological sanitation (composting toilets and urine-diverting dry toilets, sand filters for greywater) to schools in Morelos and the Sierra de Oaxaca. Its SARAR method empowers communities to plan, implement and monitor their own systems.

02 How it works

method · Community-centered ecological sanitation (ecosan)method · SARAR participatory methodologytool · Slow sand filters for greywatertool · Urine-diverting dry toilets and composting toilets

03 What it stands on

Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
2 published documents support this project. No independent evaluation is in the atlas yet. Know of any? Contribute it.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceSARAR capacity statement 2015-16Sarar Transformación S.C. · 2016
EvidenceSarar Transformación - School sanitation story from MexicoAkvopedia (Akvo Foundation) · 2015

04 Lessons learned

School ecological sanitation works when the community decides and operates; the top-down approach fails. Appropriate technology and local autonomy are conditions for adoption. Documented project activity runs up to 2019; with no clear public signal of new projects afterwards and beyond the 24-month threshold, it is marked paused: the organization and its site remain online, but no recent implementation was confirmed.

05 Go to the source

Visit the official site ↗sarar-t.org