HSAIN Visits Schools, Encourage School Children to maintain safe toilet systems.
World Toilet Day is an annual event celebrated 19 November to draw attention to the global sanitation crisis across the globe.
World Toilet Day aims to create and spread awareness about ideal sanitary practices that promote the health and hygiene and safety of women. The day is also used to discourage people from open defecation practices as it is a health hazard and makes women and girls vulnerable to attacks and assaults.
The theme of this year’s World Toilet Day is ‘valuing toilets.’ It seeks to stress the absolute necessity of toilets in our lives.
Hydro-Sanus Advocacy Innovative Network, (HSAIN), Friday, visited
- Canaan Basic School, Kpaduma
- Our Lady’s Academy Kpaduma 1,
- LEA primary School, Kpebi Sarki, Asokoro Extension,
- Zibah Model School, Kpaduma 1, and
- St. Johnpaul Secondary School, Nkwerre
in Anambra State and Abuja.
In his address, the project lead, Mr Okekeuba Festus said provision of a standard toilet should be an important thing for government and other health agencies. This will translate to healthy living for all the citizens and reduce illnesses in the society.
He stated that no fewer than 3.6 billion people Live without access to proper sanitation and toilets. This, according to the United Nation General Assembly, is a global problem that must be addressed swiftly.
Speaking on the visitation to schools, Mr. Okekeuba said young minds must be informed that adequate and proper hygiene starts from having access to proper toilets.
“At this stage of their academic journey, they all must be informed that access to good toilets is a joint task and all must work together to ensure the project is achieved.” He said
The project was sponsored by;
- HYPO TOILET CLEANER
- EMM GEOLOGICAL
- FB MEDIA GROUP
Other members of the HSAIN team are;
- Okekeuba Festus Olisaemeka,
- Okafor Brian,
- Okafor Felicitas Oluchi,
- Kelvin Chisom, Angel,
- Hope Sunday,
- Favour Benedict and
- Esther.
In 2021, the theme is said to be revolving around ‘valuing toilets’.
World Toilet Day 2021: City and town folk cannot imagine a life without permanent toilets. 3.6 billion people living in the world today, however, don’t have access to a proper toilet. Compromised sanitation can wreak havoc across communities by contamination of our food and water and the spread of serious diseases that take lives. World Toilet Day is observed on November 19 every year, to bring awareness about the importance of toilets and sanitation in our lives.
Online Survey was organized for community awareness by HSAIN
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT WORLD TOILET DAY
The United Nations General Assembly designated 19 November as World Toilet Day to celebrate the invention of toilets and raise awareness over the globe for the 3.6 billion people who still continue to live without access to proper sanitation and toilets.
Thus, World Toilet Day is celebrated every year by a partnership between the UN-Water body and governments around the world.
WORLD TOILET DAY: HISTORY AND WHY IS IT CELEBRATED?
It was Jack Sim, a philanthropist from Singapore who founded the World Toilet Organization on 19 November 2001, declaring the same day as World Toilet Day.
The WTO liked this initiative and later chose ‘World Toilet Day’ instead of ‘World Sanitation Day’ so that the message can be relayed to the public in an easy and effective manner.
World Toilet Day was primarily founded to raise public awareness of broader sanitation systems such as wastewater treatment, storm-water management, and hand washing.
According to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Goal 6 calls for adequate sanitation, wherein systems need to be constructed to assure that waste is safely processed around the world.
The UN consistently worked for this agenda and their efforts to call attention to the importance of sanitation globally were strengthened in 2010 when the right to water and sanitation was officially declared a human right by the UN.
Later in 2013, a joint collaboration between the Government of Singapore and the World Toilet Organization led to Singapore’s first UN resolution called ‘Sanitation for All’.
It was in the year 2013, on July 24 that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in its 67th session passed a resolution by which it designated November 19 as World toilet Day.
It recognised the unsatisfactory progress made in providing basic sanitary service access to all and how the lack of which negatively impacted people’s health, their economic and social situation. 122 member states adopted the resolution.
The UNGA also highlighted the negative impacts of inadequate sanitation on water resources and our environment. The international organisation also urged all its member states to bring an end to open defecation, promote the importance of hygiene, treatment of sewage among others
Ever since then, World Toilet Day is celebrated every year by the UN-Water, the United Nations coordination mechanism on water and sanitation. UN Water also sets the theme for each World Toilet Day celebration.
In 2021, the theme is said to be revolving around ‘valuing toilets’.
World Toilet Day 2021: City and town folk cannot imagine a life without permanent toilets. 3.6 billion People living in the world today, however, don’t have access to a proper toilet. Compromised sanitation can wreak havoc across communities by contamination of our food and water and the spread of serious diseases that take lives. World Toilet Day is observed on November 19 every year, to bring awareness about the importance of toilets and sanitation in our lives.
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