Coming from the US where nearly everywhere you go there is a proper toilet (i.e., at the very least a port-a-jon), it is hard to imagine this, but it is true. Being in Jamaica for just 5 months it is not hard to realize this. A lot of communities in Jamaica don't have running water, so a flush toilet is difficult to come by. Some people do have a rain water catchment systems that feed tanks that do flush toilets, but these are the more fortunate people. We recently wrote a proposal to build six (6) double vaulted pit latrines in a community just up the road from where we live. Let's hope we get the funding.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7073187.stm
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Are shits bigger or badder in J? If so, I can see this being a BIG problem.
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