The SuSanA network has recently expanded with five new partner organisations joining the network. We warmly welcome our new partners and now have 153 partner organisations in the network.

A brief introduction to each new partner organisation follows.

WorldStove - is a social enterprise and has been involved in humanitarian engineering projects throughout the world. In 2010, in Haiti as part of a humanitarian relief mission, WorldStove developed a series of separating, low-cost, odour free latrines which used the biochar by-product from their small, low emissions, cookstoves. To see their current activities visit the WorldStove website.

Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) - is a non-profit organisation dedicated to protecting soil resources, empowering communities and transforming wastes into resources in Haiti. SOIL has been active in sanitation whereby they built over 200 EcoSan toilets in internally displaced person (IDP) camps and schools across Port-au-Prince, Haiti after last years earthquake. Prior to the earthquake, SOIL had been building UD toilets for 4 years in the Cap-Haitien area of Haiti. To see their current activities visit the SOIL website.

Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) - is an University for Planning, Environment, Development, Human Habitat & Technology. Through its Centre for Research Development & Consultancy (CRDC), Centre for Training & Development (CTD) and other centres  it is actively involved in the field of Sustainable Habitat & Related disciplines. To see their current activities visit the CEPT website.

Devolution Trust Fund (DTF) -  is a financing institution (basket fund) which facilitates the implementation of sustainable water and sanitation supply services by commercial utilities especially for the urban poor in Zambia. Since beginning of its operation in 2003, all together 823,000 people have been supplied with water and 15,000 people will be supplied with sustainable sanitation service by the end of 2011. The DTF is supported financially by the Government of Zambia, KfW, EU and DANIDA. To see their current activities visit the DTF website.

EcoSolutions - EcoSolutions is an international consultancy providing services in health, water, sanitation and environment. It has been active in sanitation since 1994, developing ecological sanitation in India and Sri Lanka. EcoSolutions has implemented over 2000 urine-diverting composting and dehydrating toilets in a range of projects and programmes as well as working with the Indian, Sri Lankan and Bangladesh governments for ecological and sustainable sanitation approaches. To see their current activities visit the EcoSolutions website.