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Filthy, Disgusting Reality Text by Syafiqah Azman
Defecating in public is uncivilized and antiquated act. But some don’ t have the choice. According to United Nations, there is 60 % of the global population which approximately 4.5 billion people in the world that does not have toilets at home. Roughly around 862 million people globally still practicing open defecation, where it is the human practice of defecating outside in the open area. For instance, in the forests, fields, open space, and also a place where there is water running. You would be surprised if you know that there are still people who do this publicly.
BBC once reported that it is nearly half of India’ s, 1.2 billion people whom believed to not own toilets at home but manage to own a mobile phone. And according to their beliefs and mindset, it is not because they could not afford to build one, but it is because they believe that the place where you sleep, cook and pray should not be installed with one.
Why is it an essential for us to have toilets? Beside the fact that it is a basic right to have one, toilets also save lives because human waste spreads killer diseases. In addition, World Toilet Day was founded by Jack Sim, a philanthropist from Singapore who subsequently declared 19th November as World Toilet Day.
World Toilet Day 2017 continues the theme that focuses on wastewater. We get to learn how the process of sanitation took place. And most importantly, World Toilet Day is basically about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. Global sanitation crisis can be avoided if we manage our own waste and understand the impacts of it if we do not dispose it carefully. For the past recent years, a lot of independent bodies have been doing the best they can to protect us from facing global sanitation crisis. Organization such as The UN Secretary General’ s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation organized a global action on water and sanitation issues together with 21-member Board.
Recent articles from National Geographic discovered some countries which are still practicing open defecation and found out that, India, one of the countries that have the highest percentage of it, stated that the effects of this problem was contributed by child mortality.
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