in India more
than 638 million people live without toilets more householders have televisions
and more people have mobile phones than decent awareness, not only in Indian
but also in south Asia where 706 million people or 45 percent of the
population have no toilets at all. in their people who are compelled to use
open fields instead of toilets and exposing their major health risks. every
year in South Asia 500,000 children die simply because of unhealthy sanitation
and water. in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India poor sanitation is a major
obstacle in the fight to reduce childhood death and disease. it impacts the
child's like malaria and AIDS combined forcing million to spend weeks from work
to school.
Even in the
recent catastrophic floods in Pakistan, a need appraisal carried out across
four provinces expressed that 61 percent of those affected by the floods had an
active cell phone while only 20% had access to a decent (clean and functioning)
toilet.
Face one of the campaigns is aimed at 700,000 people in four
districts affected by the floods in the provinces of Punjab and Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.
Every year
hundreds of thousands of lives are lost because of the lack of clean water,
decent toilets, and hygiene.
By: Fazeer Muhammad
Jan
Turbat Kech
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