World Toilet Day
The Cubs have been doing activities with Naomi from Badminton Road Methodist Church to raise awareness of the importance of clean water and proper toilets.
We would like to promote the World Toilet Day, which is this Friday 19th November, and be able to donate to a great cause called Toilet Twinning whom are trying to flush away toilet poverty. By twinning your toilet, you help fund a project in a poor community that will enable families to build a basic toilet, have access to clean water and learn about hygiene – a vital combination that saves lives. If you like to donate then feel free to hand in your donations next week and we will add it to our total.
Without proper toilets and clean water, people are trapped in a vicious cycle:
- They’re likely to become sick through sanitation-related diseases
- Illness means they cannot work or farm their land, so they earn less or grow less food
- Children often miss school, because they are sick or because they’re busy collecting water
- Girls often drop out of school altogether when they start their periods if there are no toilets or changing rooms
- Parents have to pay for medicines or food, so they may fall into debt
- Women and girls risk being attacked or bitten by snakes as they go to the toilet in the open, especially if the culture dictates that they have to go out at night
Water and sanitation projects enable families to build a toilet, have access to clean water, and to learn about handwashing and other hygiene principles.
Dignity is restored when the whole family can use a private, hygienic toilet at their home and no longer have to squat in the bush.
More information can be found here.
