In 2004, three of the founding members of the GTO began a collaboration project with students from the University of Zambia. Their idea for a sustainable sanitation system at a peri-urban school in the Zambian capital city was widely applauded and won the "Mondialogo Engineering Award 2005”" (a UNESCO contest, sponsored by DaimlerChrysler).

By applying an holistic sanitation approach the project was aimed at solving the existing deficits at local schools whilst also creating additional benefits.

The plan was to cooperate first with one school, and then use this as a model for a further roll out.

Unfortunately, the prize money was only made available a year after the project's inception, by which time local government boundaries had changed and the new administration of the selected school redefined the school’s priorities, bringing to an end the planned cooperation.

In the spring of 2007, the GTO carried out a workshop for representatives from 10 disadvantaged schools in Lusaka. This was done in close cooperation with the District Education Board Secretary. At the workshop, the close interrelation of health, sanitation, water supply, hygiene, food security and education were discussed.

We later managed to identify another suitable school and local partners for the project and further participative workshops are now planned to identify the best sanitation solution for the school.