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Virtual Waterside Chat – Sanitation and World Toilet Day
November 15, 2023
Join Water For People for our next Waterside Chat in honor of World Toilet Day!
World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance day on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. Worldwide, 4.2 billion people live without "safely managed sanitation" and around 673 million people practice open defecation.
A toilet isn’t just a nice luxury. It’s a necessity for a dignified, healthy, and safe life. Having a toilet and safely managed sanitation services improves community health by eliminating preventable waterborne diseases like cholera and diarrhea. And a good household toilet improves safety, since it can be dangerous to find a place to go outside – especially at night, and especially for women and girls.