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FIN On-going projects June 2008
Individual Household toilets, India’s Second Toilet Beauty Contest, The Chand-Cheval Compost Park design contest, Research Project to develop quality standards for safe compost from ecosan

FIN Compost park contest June 2008
Chand-Cheval Compost Park Design competition is being organized by Friend in Need (FIN) Trust to stimulate creativity among students by giving them an opportunity to participate in an open competition with a practical objective. Students all over Tamil Nadu are challenged to design a compost park for the village of Kameshwaram in Tamil Nadu with compost pits, vats for composting material, walkways, benches and play area. Students have to keep in mind the whole idea is to change present notions of garbage from waste dumping to waste management, but the biggest challenge is to do it tastefully.

FIN 2nd Toilet beauty contest June 2008
In India, in rural areas, men are reluctant to use toilets as it goes against notions of masculine virility, unless it happens to be raining! So millions of rupees have been spent on toilets, which are sometimes unused due to lack of maintenance, and for the most part, only used by women. How can we promote sanitation and reduce diseases spread by mosquitoes unless open defecation is eliminated? In India we cannot impose fines as in China; this is politically unfeasible. So we have come up with a unique incentive mechanism: "A Toilet Beauty Contest". A toilet beauty contest that is only open to families where all men and women use the toilet.

FIN Ecosan toilet innovation contest February 2009
This contest is being organised to give these masons a chance to showcase their skills by creating innovative ecosan toilets for themselves. This is an opportunity where their thoughts and ideas will not be dismissed, because they will be the designers of their own toilets. And who knows, the stone that was rejected so far, might become the corner stone! Their innovations in design, if excellent will then be replicated in other villages. It’s an experiment bound to benefit all. (Photos of Contesting Masons)

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