{"id":44819,"date":"2021-11-16T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/intwari-primary-school-receives-smart-toilet-pans-to-improve-hygiene\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T08:26:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T08:26:12","slug":"intwari-primary-school-receives-smart-toilet-pans-to-improve-hygiene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/intwari-primary-school-receives-smart-toilet-pans-to-improve-hygiene\/","title":{"rendered":"Intwari Primary School receives SATO toilet pans to improve hygiene and sanitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Created in 2012 with the purpose to tackle the global sanitation challenge, SATO is an award-winning social business which aims to empower underserved communities so they can live safer and more confident lives. SATO Toilets offers innovative, aspirational yet affordable sanitation and hygiene solutions for a better toilet experience.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s products have been developed based customers\u2019 needs. They range from SATO toilet and connection systems to SATO taps for hand washing.<\/p>\n<p> SATO\u2019s solutions are associated with durability and are easy to clean and easy to install.<\/p>\n<p>SATO\u2019s toilets  are made of plastics and placed directly over pits.<\/p>\n<p>The  SATO leader in  Rwanda,  Cyrus Ntaganira has said that the unique design of SATO toilets  allays fears for children using them and help to prevent poor hygiene and sanitation  related diseases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese toilets will promote hygiene among students and prevent diseases emanating from poor hygiene because they are easy to clean helping to eliminate bad odors and keep away flies. The school accommodates many students some of whom feared to use pit latrines lest they fall in holes. Our toilets are safe for children and user friendly\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ntaganira explained that the company plans to mobilize every Rwandan household to own SATO toilets to maintain hygiene and  prevent diseases resulting from poor sanitation. <\/p>\n<p>Doreen Kobusingye, a student in primary 3 has told IGIHE that hygiene standards have improved since they started using SATO toilets.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreviously used open pit toilets attracted flies and produced bad odour that using them was not safe. We are however grateful that new toilets upgraded with SATO  are always clean enough. It would be better if we could also have similar toilets at home to improve hygiene and sanitation,\u201d she said.  <\/p>\n<p>The representative of parents with children at the school, Marie Claire Umumararungu has said that she will mobilize her colleagues to install and own SATO toilets at home.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cImproved Hygiene and sanitation is the source of good health and helps children to concentrate on studies. We are not only thankful that the company has donated these  SATO toilets  for free, but also we want to make possible efforts to help students maintain hygiene at home by using similar toilets,\u201d she noted.  <\/p>\n<p>With footprints in different countries, SATO has been operating in Rwanda since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>It has three types of SATO toilets  which all of them have uniqueness of a trap door that automatically opens and  closes itself with a water seal mechanism which all eliminates  bad smell, Flies and other insects that would spread germs. They are also safe for kids, easy to clean and can be installed at any toilet slab be on mud , wooden or concrete slab which makes SATO a toilet for everyone everywhere.  <\/p>\n<p>Another note was on SATO stool which is Much user-friendly for elderly people who have difficulties to squat and are also easy to use by  differently abled people. <\/p>\n<p>This year, SATO Rwanda also donated SATO toilets  to Gahanga II Primary School located in Gahanga sector, Kicukiro district and GS Remera Catholique. <\/p>\n<p> SATO toilets are affordable and  available in hardware shops across the country. <\/p>\n<p>Wholesale businesses can find SATO products at Ecomem Co LTD located in Gisozi-Kigali.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40090 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/sato.jpg\" alt=\"The Managing Director of SATO Rwanda, Cyrus Ntaganira has said that the unique design of the company\u2019s toilet pans allays fears for children using them.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40092 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/aa_sato_ntaga.jpg\" alt=\"Ntaganira explained that the company plans to mobilize every Rwandan household to own SATO toilet pan to maintain hygiene. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40093 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/aa_sato_pare.jpg\" alt=\"Parents with children at the school have pledged to mobilize colleagues to own SATO toilets at home.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40094 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/aa_satofl.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-40091 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/a_satoto.jpg\" alt=\"SATO\u2019s toilet pans are made of plastics and placed directly over pits.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{SATO Rwanda has donated 23 SATO toilet pans to  Intwari Primary School in a bid to help students improve hygiene and prevent diseases related to poor sanitation.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-44819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44819"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=44819"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=44819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}