Portable toilets will be installed in Parola, Tondo to minimize open defecation in Manila Bay after the Manila city government entered an agreement with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
The supplemental memorandum of agreement was signed by Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso and DENR Director for Administrative Service Rolando Castro.
The "Kubeta Ko" project aims to provide "dignified toilet facilities" to informal settler families in Parola, Tondo. It is also another one of the Manila city government's ways to show its support to the Manila Bay rehabilitation, the agreement read.
A total of P10 million were allotted by the DENR to the City of Manila for the said project and an additional P5 million for the city "to cover the operational costs during the implementation of the project."
The portable, container-based toilet technology developed by Loowat, Limited will be used for the project. The said company also managed to secure funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the "Kubeta Ko" project.
The project is also in coordination with the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System and Maynilad Water Services and will be effective for one year.