Location: Boguslavka, Borova District, Kharkov Region, Ukraine

Community Description
Boguslavka is an agrarian community of around 1,500 residents. It is surrounded by farmland where many of its residents engage in raising livestock and crops to both consume and sell. The main employer for the community is the Little Sunshine Kindergarten, where around 175 students attend. The school is the town’s only kindergarten where parents can leave their children while they are at work. The building was completed in 1971, but was not converted into a kindergarten until 2001.
Two different age groups–infants (2-4 years of age), and preschool children (5-7 years of age) attend the kindergarten, with a total of 50 children and 11 staff who make use of the building.

Problem Addressed
Although the property of the kindergarten has outhouses, located 35 meters away, that are used by staff, they are too far away and inconvenient for the children to use, especially in colder and inclement weather.
Boys and girls, up to 7 years old, must use their own individual buckets in the presence of others for their personal needs. Staff then must empty each bucket with human waste into a larger bucket, and dump the larger buckets of waste outside. Staff must clean each bucket with harmful disinfectants after each use. This laborious process adds increased health risks to both staff and children.

Project Description
This project built a bathroom with two working toilets, two sinks, and a wash basin with a shower hose, within the kindergarten. An existing space in the building, between a classroom and the kitchen, will be converted into a bathroom.
A water supply that currently goes to the kitchen is sufficient to also handle the water needs of the bathroom.
There is currently a waste drainage system that pipes waste from the kitchen to a covered septic tank about 20 meters away. Piping will be installed to direct waste from the toilets, sinks, and wash basin to this tank as well.
A certified and experienced plumber from the area will purchase the needed parts and install the toilets, sinks, and wash basin according to proper standards.