International Year of Sanitation (IYS)
International Year of Sanitation (IYS)
The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation. Worldwide there are roughly 2.6 billion people who do not have access to basic sanitation today. The goal of 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation is to help raise awareness of this crisis and hopefully accelerate progress towards reaching the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) and cutting the number of people without access to basic sanitation in half by the year 2015. Read More
World Toilet Day – Spread The Message Of Sanitation
November 19th is celebrated as the World Toilet Day to raise awareness on the use of toilet, sanitation and clean water. Every day 4000 children across the world die due to diarrhea, which is caused due to poor sanitation and dirty water. Read More
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2008: International Year of Sanitation
Sanitation is in crisis. The UN has declared 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation. There is compelling evidence that sanitation brings the greatest returns of investment of any devlopment intervention (roughly US$9 for every US$1 spent). Read More
