{"id":457,"date":"2020-11-19T06:18:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T06:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smithkas.com\/?p=457"},"modified":"2020-11-20T18:19:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T18:19:59","slug":"4-2-billion-people-lack-safe-sanitation-how-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smithkas.com\/?p=457","title":{"rendered":"4.2 billion people lack safe sanitation. How many?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today is World Toilet Day. According to the following statistics from the United Nations, the inadequacy of poor sanitation and unsafe drinking water is significant:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Over half of the global population or 4.2 billion people lack safe sanitation<\/em>;<\/li>
  2. 40% \u2013 or three billion people<\/em> \u2013 of the global population live without basic handwashing<\/em> facilities with soap and water available at home;<\/li>
  3. Around 297,000 children under five <\/em>\u2013 more than 800 every day \u2013 die annually from diarrheal diseases <\/em>due to poor hygiene, poor sanitation or unsafe drinking water;<\/li>
  4. Globally, 80% of the wastewater <\/em>generated by society flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused;<\/em> and<\/li>
  5. By 2050, up to 5.7 billion people could be living in areas where water is scarce for at least one month a year, creating unprecedented competition for water.<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    “Everyone must have sustainable sanitation, alongside clean water and handwashing facilities, to help protect and maintain our health security and stop the spread of deadly infectious diseases such as COVID-19, cholera, and typhoid.” (https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/toilet-day)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What’s it like in your country? In your community? In your world? Do you know anyone without a toilet or who lacks safe sanitation? I do. What are we going to do about this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Presently, I am volunteering as Project Manager of a team that is in the process of funding and managing a WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene) project in Kisoro, Uganda at Matinza Primary School. The main aim of the project is to repair and build much needed toilets and latrines, and a water well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You are invited to read one of my recent WASH articles entitled “World Toilet Day and lack of WASH in Uganda Schools”<\/a><\/em> which was published on the Centre for African Justice Peace and Human Rights<\/a> website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So once again, all the best and do well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Please feel free to direct any questions or comments to Kean Smith at kean@smithkas.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Today is World Toilet Day. According to the following statistics from the United Nations, the inadequacy of poor sanitation and unsafe drinking water is significant: Over half of the global population or 4.2 billion people lack safe sanitation; 40% \u2013 or three billion people \u2013 of the global population live without basic handwashing facilities with … <\/p>\n

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