On World Toilet Day, nature called and left us a message; ‘leave no one behind’! According to the United Nations (UN), more people have mobile phones than toilets. This goes against the recognition of the human right to water and sanitation by the UN in 2010.
Prakesh Amatya, Technical Advisor to GUTHI, writes about their recent World Toilet Day celebrations and community engagements.
Blog post written by Ben Hobbs, Campaign Manager for Generation Nutrition ahead of World Toilet Day on 19 November 2016, and originally posted on the Generation Nutrition website.
It’s a shocking reality that 2.4 billion people still lack access to improved sanitation* and one billion people have no choice but to defecate in the open.
Ahead of World Toilet Day on Saturday 19 November, a number of leading organisations came together to call for a renewed sanitation agenda.
Posted originally online on the World Bank's website on 16 November 2016, the blog post co-authored by the following:
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