What may come as a surprise to many of
us is that 19th November was World Toilet Day!
The use of and access to functioning toilets is a huge challenge in Africa and as this is of critical importance to my topic of Urban Water and Sanitation, I thought I'd share this article by WaterAid on "Seven things you probably didn't know about the state of the world's toilets".
Take a look at the article - it's a short easy read with a couple of sentences describing each of the points.
WaterAid : Seven things you probably didn't know about the state of the world's toilets
A summary of the seven points are:
(1) There are 2.3 billion people who still don’t have a safe, private toilet
(2) South Sudan is the hardest place in the world to find a loo
(3) In Nigeria, more people are without access to toilets today than were in 1990
(4) The tiny Pacific island nation of Tokelau has had the biggest surge in toilets
(5) 774 million people in India are still waiting for access to a household toilet
The use of and access to functioning toilets is a huge challenge in Africa and as this is of critical importance to my topic of Urban Water and Sanitation, I thought I'd share this article by WaterAid on "Seven things you probably didn't know about the state of the world's toilets".
Take a look at the article - it's a short easy read with a couple of sentences describing each of the points.
WaterAid : Seven things you probably didn't know about the state of the world's toilets
A summary of the seven points are:
(1) There are 2.3 billion people who still don’t have a safe, private toilet
(2) South Sudan is the hardest place in the world to find a loo
(3) In Nigeria, more people are without access to toilets today than were in 1990
(4) The tiny Pacific island nation of Tokelau has had the biggest surge in toilets
(5) 774 million people in India are still waiting for access to a household toilet
(6) Toilets can help economies
prosper
(7) The effects of all this
are devastating
Reference List:
Water Aid (2015) 'Seven things you probably didn't know about the state of the world's toilets' (WWW; http://www.wateraid.org/uk/news/news/seven-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-state-of-the-worlds-toilets; 02 November 2015
Reference List:
Water Aid (2015) 'Seven things you probably didn't know about the state of the world's toilets' (WWW; http://www.wateraid.org/uk/news/news/seven-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-state-of-the-worlds-toilets; 02 November 2015
