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Sanitation for communities

Photo credit: Gates Foundation. Sanitation for communities. 19 November 2013. Sanitation for communities. 40% of people in the world still do not have a toilet November 19 th is World Toilet Day – stand up for the right to a toilet!. Sanitation Facts . Photo credit: water.org.

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Sanitation for communities

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  1. Photo credit: Gates Foundation Sanitation for communities 19 November 2013

  2. Sanitation for communities • 40% of people in the world still do not have a toilet • November 19th is World Toilet Day – stand up for the right to a toilet! Sanitation Facts Photo credit: water.org

  3. Sanitation for communities • Sanitation can keep your family healthy • One gram of human faeces can contain: • 10,000,000 viruses • 1,000,000 bacteria • 1,000 parasite cysts • 100 parasite eggs Sanitation keeps families healthy Photo credit: Gates Foundation

  4. Sanitation for communities • Improved sanitation and hygiene can reduce: • Diarrhoeakills 1 million children each year sanitation keeps families healthy Photo credit: Gates Foundation

  5. Sanitation for communities • Defecating in the open leaves women and girls at risk for sexual harassment and sexual assault • Ecological sanitation can provide additional nutrients for your crops Sanitation improves women’s lives Photo credit: Heather Arnet/Water.org

  6. Sanitation for communities • In areas with poor sanitation, children carry up to 1000 worms at one time, making it difficult to attend and focus on school • Girls are less likely to attend school and remain in school after puberty if adequate sanitation facilities are not available • Improved sanitation could add 200 million days of school attendance per year Sanitation helps children get an education Photo credit: Heather Arney/Water.org

  7. Sanitation for communities • Without sanitation facilities, sewage is often discharged untreated into rivers, lakes and coastal areas • 90% of diarrhoeal diseases are linked to environmental pollution Sanitation sustains clean environments Photo credit: Chrissy Olson

  8. Sanitation for communities Improve your family’s lives – Stand up for your right to a toilet! www.sanitationdrive2015.org Leanne Burney, UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and SanitationEmail: burneyl@un.org Therese Dooley, UNICEFEmail: tdooley@unicef.org Amanda Marlin, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative CouncilEmail: amanda.marlin@wsscc.org Corinne Schuster-Wallace, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health Email: corinne.schusterwallace@unu.edu

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