Tuesday, November 19, 2019

WORLD TOILET DAY

Hello Everyone,

 

Today is world toilet day, 6.5 million people in Cambodia and 4.2 billion worldwide do not have access to proper sanitation.

Poor sanitation kills nearly 500,000 children under the age of five annually and costs an estimated $223 billion a year in the form of higher health costs and lost productivity and wages.

SOURCE: Reuters report, citing the information from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.




 We can never get used to seeing the families that we work with in Cambodia not having access to a toilet/bathroom. Daily people lack privacy and have to go outside at night, which is not safe for girls, not to mention the snakes they may encounter. They don't have any place to easily wash themselves or their clothes and have to bathe in filthy pond water, which carries water-borne diseases.


KIDS is committed to changing this situation and each year we provide as many sanitary sustainable bathrooms for impoverished families as we can. Giving families a bathroom where they can bathe, have dignity and privacy changes lives and the families are incredibly appreciative.


We visit schools where often thousands of students and teachers only have two outdoor bathrooms. KIDS also works towards providing decent hygienic bathrooms at schools.


A family bathroom is only 450.00 dollars but the results are priceless.

Thanks for being a part of changing the world one bathroom at a time. 

Until Next Time,
Adrianne and Rick