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From the Archive


VIP Suite for One, 2002: Technology born and bred in Southern Africa


“Richard Holden, technical manager of Mvula Trust, Africa’s largest water-services nongovernmental organization, believes that half the region has little choice but to shift toward ‘dry sanitation’ in general, and a revolutionary pedestal called a ‘urine diversion toilet’ in particular. Skeptical? Yeah, me too. Not merely because my Institute is endowed by Charles R. Crane, the Henry Ford of the American bathroom.” [read newsletter]


—James Workman

South Africa

ICWA Fellow (2002-2004)