It is very often seen that new pit latrine blocks get built just beside old broken pit latrine block instead of maintaining the old pit latrine block. In Fada N'Gourma, public pit latrine blocks are not really used, because the rarely have water and they are extremely bad maintained and dirty. People prefer to ask at a neighbours to use their (private) toilet, defecate in the nature or wait until going home for relieving one-selves.