Contributor.

Katie Sottilare
Pit Vidura

Katie Sottilare is a biology major at MIT and a communications intern at Pit Vidura, a company that is working on a market based solution for sanitation issues in Kigali, Rwanda. She previously spent three months in Bangalore, India conducting research on honey bees. She is interested in public health and ecology, especially in developing nations. 

Articles by Katie Sottilare

  • Katie Sottilare

    Reimagining the World’s Dirtiest Job: How Pit Vidura is Professionalizing Waste Management

    Around 2.7 billion people – 35 percent of the world’s population – use on-site sanitation systems that are not connected to sewers. When they become full, they need to be emptied – a job that’s often done manually, presenting hazards to both the workers and their communities. Pit Vidura is tackling this challenge in Kigali, Rwanda, offering safe hygienic pit latrine and septic tank emptying for people in hard-to-reach areas. Katie Sottilare discusses the company’s innovative approach, and the impact it’s having.

    Categories
    Social Enterprise, WASH
    Tags
    public health, waste
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