HAPPY WORLD TOILET DAY!

Today  is a great opportunity to appreciate what we have: A ceramic flush toilet connected with a sewage. Go to your bathroom -  look at it, use it, smile. What difference does a toilet make?

• More than 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated into lakes, rivers, and coastal areas. Water which flows into your lakes, your rivers, your kitchens.1 in 5 children die of diarrheal disease.
• The water and sanitation crisis has claimed more lives than all the wars of the 20th century combined.
• 1.5 million children die every year due to lack of sanitation. That is more than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and measles combined.
• The lack of reliably safe and clean sanitation facilities is a proven deterrent for school attendance, particularly for adolescent girls. Investment in drinking-water and sanitation would result in 272 million more school attendance days a year.
• Sanitation has saved more lives than anything else in history - more important than antibiotics, vaccines, and anaesthesia - British Med Journal
• ...and there is much more.... 

What you can do? Help us spread the message today on facebook, twitter, e-mail, blog etc. - use the facts listed above