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Photo from Kangaita, Kenya
 
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The outhouses in Kenya are all squat-style, which makes cleaning them with a bucket of water and a straw broom very simple. Small children are not allowed to use outhouses until they are about four—old enough to squat over the opening.

by John Shumlansky
Kangaita, Kenya (1999)

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