Our mission

To stimulate the transformation of our conventional ways of thinking and acting in relation to water and

sanitation towards more holistic and natural systems, closing nutrient loops, in order to stop our

planet’s degradation and to improve quality of life in a context of economic, social and ecological equity.

Sarar Transformación is a reference and support center, focusing primarily on sustainable descentralized

water and sanitation (ecosan) systems and related issues. Our highly creative, dynamic interdisciplinary

team of experts is committed to assisting individuals and groups in Mexico, the rest of Latin America,

as well as other parts of the world in developing sustainable alternatives through:

SARAR TRANSFORMACIÓN, SC

CAPACITY STATEMENT

Tel/Fax: +52 (739) 395-7505

Tel.: +52 (739) 395-7504

sarar@sarar-t.org

www.sarar-t.org

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Sarar: Office y Demostration Center

Carretera Tepoztlán-Yautepec Km. 3.5

Santiago Tepetlapa, Tepoztlán, Morelos

Mxico, C.P. 62520

SARAR TRANSFORMACIÓN, SC ECOLOGICAL SANITATION

SARAR participatory methodology

Social communication and education

Integrated water & sanitation management

Educational materials development

Water and sanitation assessments

Project planning, monitoring and evaluation

Ecosan technologies

Environmental engineering

Ecological architecture

Urban agriculture

Applied research

Institutional development

local capacity building + appropriate technologies = sustainable settlements

The main objective of a sanitation system is to protect and promote human health by providing a

clean environment and breaking the cycle of disease. In order to be sustainable, a sanitation system

has to be not only economically viable, socially acceptable, and technically and institutionally appro-

priate, it should also protect the environment and the natural resources.

CONSULTING

Our consulting services are articulated around a variety of workshops, based on

SARAR/PHAST participatory methodology. We have a range of didactic materials

and tools, such as technical guides, posters and manuals, and other supporting

graphic material which are helpful in the training process which we share with all

the users.

Sarar combines two powerful and complementary strategies:

1. Use of participatory methods to involve and empower local communities

with a fuller understanding of their environment; and

2. Design and promotion of decentralized sustainable sanitation and water

systems.

SARAR SERVICES

TRAINING

We offer regional courses and workshops tailored

to the needs of particular groups and institutions,

integrating both social and technical aspects of

sustainable water and sanitation systems, including:

Awareness raising

Participatory assesments

Design and construction of ecosan systems

Use, operation and maintenance

Closed-loop nutrient reuse

SARAR TEAM

Ron Sawyer, Executive director

Co-creator of SARAR/PHAST Methodology; UNDP & EcoSanRes/SEI Programme Consultant, FAN Global

Board Member, FANMex founding member, IWA Mexico Board Member, RedSeco founder,

Alicia García, Legal representative SARAR Methodology Tools Expert

Magdalena Bulnes Petrowisch, biologist Closing nutrient loops expert; composting: agroecology

Myriam Quiroz Ramirez Administrator

Omarú Heras Ornela, Bióloga Project Coordinator

Julio Gutiérrez Albarrán, Architect Technical support of design and construction

EXTERNAL SARAR CONSULTANTS

Micaela Bocanegra Rodríguez, educator SARAR Training and group facilitation

Nathalie Seguin, MSc IWRM Executive director, Freshwater Action Network Mexico

Fabiola Garduño Lomelí, architect Programs Coordinator; Systems design; Technical training

Graciela Hernández Alarcón

Sociologist Rita Torres Pascacio Masters in Science

SARAR TRANSFORMACIÓN, SC ECOLOGICAL SANITATION

LOCAL

CAPACITY

BUILDING

S A R A R DE S I G N S

A N D T R A I N S

B U I L DE R S A N D

U S E R S I N :

­ why and how to harvest

rainwater

­ greywater management:

treatment and reuse

­ different types of ecological

toilets: urine diverting and

composting toilets

­ how to use urine as a liquid

fertilizer

­ how to compost organic

wastes and how to handle

solid waste

­ how to close nutrient loops

through agroecological

practices

local capacity building + appropriate technologies = sustainable settlements

ASOCIACIONES INTERNACIONALES Y NACIONALES

CRESFED: Center for Economic and Social Research and Training for Development, Haiti

EAWAG/SANDEC: Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries at the Swiss Federal

Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

ECOSENCIA: Ecologically friendly water and sanitation accesories

FAN: Freshwater Action Network, Mexico and Central America

GWC: Global Water Challenge, USA

HFHI: Habitat for Humanity International, Costa Rica

IMTA: Mexican Institute for Water Technology

IRRI: International Renewable Resources Institute

IWA: International Water Association

UN HABITAT: Water for Cities in Latin America & the Caribbean Program

SEI/EcoSanRes: Stockholm Environment Institute/EcoSanRes

SEECON GMBH: Society Economy Ecology Consulting, Suiza

SNV BOLIVIA: Nodo de Conocimiento en Saneamiento Ecológico Sostenible Descentralizado

SUSANA: Sustainable Sanitation Alliance

SOIL: Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods, Haiti

TAO: El Taller Artes y Oficios de Tepoztlán, AC

WVM: World Vision, Mexico

WWF: World Wildlife Fund Mexico, Watershed Management Program

SARAR TRANSFORMACIÓN, SC ECOLOGICAL SANITATION

Left to right:

Interior of urine diverting dry toilet,

San Juan Tlacotenco, Morelos

Male urinals in football club, Cuer-

navaca, Morelos

Water station with handwashing,

rainwater harvesting, drinking wáter

filter and biofilter, SWASH+ Oaxaca Household biofilter, Tepoztlán

Urine treatment system Cuernavaca Fosa Alterna school composting

toilet, Oaxaca

local capacity building + appropriate technologies = sustainable settlements

CONFERENCES AND TRAININGS

Sanitation Challenge, 2O. Forum of Living Adequately, Monterrey 2015

SAYA, Education for the Sustainability of Schools in Guerrero 2015

I-VI Regional Sustainable Ecological Sanitation Course, EcoSanRes/SEI 2006-15

VI World Water Forum, Integral Management of Sustainable Sanitation, Marseille, France 2014

USAID Technological of Zacatlan, Reuse of Rain Water and Conservation of Water used by Businesses 2014

Health Congress Colombia OPS, Participatory SARAR Methodology

IRRI, Blue Schools, Oaxaca 2014

Panamerican Organization of Health and Ministry of Health, Colombia 2014

GIRA, Leadership and Management Diploma, Module 1,5 and 6, Taxco 2013

World Bank, International Experiences in the Reuse of Water Seminar 2013

HEIFER, Workshop Facilitation participatory construction project baseline 2013

indicators¨Cuzaa nibani, tejiendo vida¨

Project Wet, Regional Workshop of Evaluating Educational Materials of support for 2012

ONU Habitat, Colombia

National Congress of the Network of Water, Mexico City 2012

SARAR-PHAST Participatory Methodology 2011, 2014

Participatory workshop of Co-actors in diagnostics, Monitoring and Evaluation with 2011-12

Methods of PRA/PLA y SARA with Mosaic.int

Global Water Initiative /CRS (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua), 2010-12

My Story Project: Training in SARAR Methodology y ecosan

VI World Water Forum, In Mexico City 2012

EAWAG/SANDEC Training for Trainers Workshop, Lima, Peru 2011

Proyecto Mi Cuenca: Training on SARAR methodology and technical support 2010-11

Global Water Initiative/CRS (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua)

Women for Water, ´´Water, our lifeline,¨ Conference, Suriname 2009

Sustainable Sanitation Courses in Latin America 2008-13

Bolivia, Colombia, Suriname, Perú

International Sustainable Sanitation Course 2008,13 ,14

EcoSanRes/Agua Tuya/Sumaj Huasi/UNICEF, Bolivia

SEI Ecological Sanitation Training in Tepoztlán 2007,09

International Sustainable Sanitation Conference, Dongsheng, China 2007

Regional Course on Ecological Sanitation, architecture and greywater 2006

CREPA-Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Africa IV World Water Forum, ecological sanitation stand coordination 2006

Sarar/Waste/PNUD/SEI/GTZ

International Sustainable Sanitation Conference , Durban, South Africa 2005

Environmental Promotors Worskhops 2004 El Taller Artes y Oficios A.C, Comunidad A.C, Sarar/TepozEco

Environmental Sanitation Diploma 2003 Universidad de la Tierra, El Taller Artes y Oficios AC

SARAR TRANSFORMACIÓN, SC ECOLOGICAL SANITATION

local capacity building + appropriate technologies = sustainable settlements

PROJECTS AND CONSULTING

2015-2016 Strategy of Conserving the Forest of Water, CONSERVACION INTERNACIONAL MEXICO

2013-2015 Smart Water for Green Schools in the State of Morelos, GREEN CROSS INTERNATIONAL

2014 Diagnostic and Training in the Tenek zone, San Luis Potosi, THE HUNGER PROJECT

2014 Water, Sanitation and Environmental Health San Juan Tlacotenco, Tepoztlan, BAXTER

2014 Recommendations for populations in risk Bluefields, Nicaragua, VEOLIA

2013-14 Participatory diagnostics in Taxco y Sombrerete, GRUPO MEXICO

2013 Program of Water, Sanitation and Hygeine in six technical secondary rural schools in Morelos, Mexico,WWC-IFC

2013 Communication Strategy for Changing Behavior, Haiti, CRESFED– SAVE THE CHILDREN

2013 Integral Sanitation Project of the Ravine El Rastro, Tepoztlan, NATURALIA AC-GRUPO MODELO

2009-12 Sustaining and Scaling School, Water and Sanitation Hygiene Plus Community Impact: SWASH+ Program in

Oaxaca, Mexico / Global Water Challenge / FCCM, con Programa de Manejo Integrado de Cuencas Hidrográficas/ WWF

2012 Promoting sustainable environmental sanitation household practices with women, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, IN-

DESOL

2012 ADO Foundation Project (household greywater management and productive gardens) in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.

2011-12 IMTA/SARAR “The challenge of appropriate technologies: from transfer to social adoption”, bilingual video.

2010-2012 Joint Program of Water and Sanitation in Chiapas and Veracruz, ONU

2010-11 UN Program & Mexican Government: Fortalecer la Gestión Efectiva y Democrática del Agua y el Saneamiento en

México para el Apoyo al Logro de los ODM– Participatory assessments in Chiapas and Veracruz schools.

2010-11 “SARAR Participatory Methodology” with Dr. Lyra Sirivasan. Bilingual video with Cine Foresta.

2010-11 Assesments, technical support and training in Haiti, with SEI, SOIL, CRS (WASH) and CRESFED.

2010 Support in preparation of the Program “Promoción de la Salud y Adecuación de la Infraestructura Hidro-Sanitaria en Escue-

las de Educación Básica”, Mexican Governent and IDB.

2008-09 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in 7 Schools, Estado de México, with UN HABITAT and Ecatepec Municipality.

2008 Participatory diagnostic and training in ecological sanitation, Paramaribo, Suriname, WASTE/NWM

2007-09 Watershed Conservation Program, WWF-Mexico, in Chihuahua, Oaxaca and Durango.

2007-13 Assesments, technical support and training to several regional projects, World Vision.

2007 Program of Improving Living , Guerrero. Projects in Integral Centers of Human Development. SEDESOL

2004-08 EAWAG/SANDEC & NCCR/N-S, Switzerland. Applied research projects in Harvesting and Reuse of Urine;

Household Centred Ecological Sanitation; Greywater Management.

2004-2006 Latin American Network of Ecological Sanitation, WASTE

2003-06 TepozEco Municipal Ecological Sanitation Project Coordination, SEI-SIDA-EcoSanRes.

SARAR TRANSFORMACIÓN, SC ECOLOGICAL SANITATION

local capacity building + appropriate technologies = sustainable settlements