It’s World Toilet Day – and that’s no joke

Did you know?

  • 2.5 billion people – around one in three of the world’s population – don’t have a safe, clean, private toilet.
  • Around 500,000 children die every year from diarrhoea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation – that’s almost 1,400 children a day.
  • Every year, around 60 million children are born into homes without access to sanitation.
  • More people in the world have a mobile phone than a toilet.

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