How to Keep Your Pit Latrine Clean

We must keep our latrines clean in order to avoid diseases. Here is how.

Things You'll Need

• Toilet cover
• Spray
• Plastic brush
• Soap or detergent powder
• Scrubbing brush

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Instructions

• 1

  Get your soap or detergent powder and mix them with water in a container or basin.

• 2

  Wash your latrine using a plastic brush and dry it using a scrub brush.

• 3

  Open it for about five minutes to get fresh air.

• 4

  Spray the pit of your latrine in order to protect it from flies and cockroaches.

• 5

  Get a cover and place it on the top of your latrine.

• 6

  Finally close your latrine using a medium size padlock to avoid the strangers who can make it dirty.