Three toilets in the form of ducks in flight: appeal to improve sanitation in the slums of Kibera. Colour lithograph by AMREF, 2001.

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[2001]
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755701i
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Three toilets in the form of ducks in flight: appeal to improve sanitation in the slums of Kibera. Colour lithograph by AMREF, 2001. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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According to lettering 'Flying Toilets is slang for wrapped up faeces that are flung onto roofs, into garbage heaps or into communal drains'; poster appeals to raise money to build more latrines and wash-units for slum-dwellers specifically in Kibera's Laini Saba. The campaign was intiated in 2001 according to AMREF website.

Publication/Creation

Nairobi (P.O. Box 30125) : AMREF, [2001]

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 59.2 x 41.6 cm

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Duck! It's tough living in the slums of Kibera. And while everybody does their best to keep their children happy and healthy and their homes clean, some bad things are just impossible to avoid. Like Flying Toilets ... Help stop Flying Toilets. It's a call we can all get behind. Bears logo: AMREF

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AMREF 2001 10/08/2011 Kenya UkLW Transcription from the item

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Wellcome Collection 755701i

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