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We are struggling with Durasan in Malawi due to the poor accuracy of reproduced moulds. With visual inspection they seemed fine but the bricks we are getting are not of good enough quality. I'm going to inspect if the moulds are rescuable tomorrow.

We did a FLOW survey acrosss Blantyre (the city we are based in) and even here close to 50% of people spent less than $30 on a latrine so we'll struggle price wise. In the rural district we work in, 91% spent less than $20! Though I do recognise its obviously not a product for everyone.

In terms of 'Willingness to Pay' I think I got a tip from someone, just look at what people are paying now. Thats what they are willing to pay.

These figures would suggest that for Malawi, the Durasan is for lodges, tea estates, schools, some wealthy landords. There is someone here selling an even more expensive latrine called an Amalooloo and he's managed to sell 100 - all to the local sugar estates.

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Steven Sugden gravatar image
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We are struggling with Durasan in Malawi due to the poor accuracy of reproduced moulds. With visual inspection they seemed fine but the bricks we are getting are not of good enough quality. I'm going to inspect if the moulds are rescuable tomorrow.

We did a FLOW survey acrosss Blantyre (the city we are based in) and even here close to 50% of people spent less than $30 on a latrine so we'll struggle price wise. In the rural district we work in, 91% spent less than $20! Though I do recognise its obviously not a product for everyone.

In terms of 'Willingness to Pay' I think I got a tip from someone, just look at what people are paying now. Thats what they are willing to pay.

These figures would suggest that for Malawi, the Durasan is for lodges, tea estates, schools, some wealthy landords. There is someone here selling an even more expensive latrine called an Amalooloo and he's managed to sell 100 - all to the local sugar estates.