World Toilet Day
By Anna
@LadyDuck (458976)
Switzerland
November 19, 2015 8:08am CST
Today, November 19th is the"World Toilet Day".
Of course it's not a celebration, but a campaign to sensitize millions of people around the world on the sanitation issues that still exist.
One out of three people around the world has no access to sanitation.
This is the cause of health issues, many times leading to premature death.
In the South of Sudan 93% of the population has no access to an adequate toilet.
The percentage is of 85% in Congo, 80% in Guinea, 72.5% in Haiti e 71% in Nigeria.
Another reason not to complain and be grateful that we live in a civilized country.
Public Domain Image from Pixabay
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@Tampa_girl7 (49114)
• United States
19 Nov 15
There are people in my surrounding community that do not have bathrooms or running water.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49114)
• United States
19 Nov 15
@LadyDuck Mississippi has a lot of poverty.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
19 Nov 15
Even in England it is becoming increasingly difficult to find a toilet while out of the house. The majority of public toilets now have coin mechanisms which require 20p or 30p to open them.
This is not a great deal of money, but can be very inconvenient if you have no change available.
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@LadyDuck (458976)
• Switzerland
19 Nov 15
You are right, I will confess a trick that I used in not so clean places. If I need a toilet, I enter into the lobby of a luxury hotel and ask where is the bar. Where is the bar there is always a toilet and luxury hotels have clean and nice toilets If you want you can drink a tea, but do not feel obliged 
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
19 Nov 15
Yeah for toilets and toilet paper!
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
19 Nov 15
@LadyDuck In Africa many years ago I experienced using a toilet that was a hole in the ground (presumably attached to drains) with a ceramic surround. No sitting, just squatting high above the toilet. This was perfectly hygienic although not very comfortable unless one was of a culture where people were used to squatting instead of sitting on chairs.
To my surprise there are still some of these available in public places here in Greece, but if one is desperate they are a welcome sight.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
19 Nov 15
@LadyDuck I don't go to other countries maybe that's one reason!
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
19 Nov 15
What is appalling is that basic sanitation is not available in so many places in the world right now, and people are not even aware of that. Not to draw reference to World Toilet Day, but a practice of even handwashing can prevent countless diseases. As long as all the people in the world don't get shelter, food, clothes, toilet and security, the world as a whole cannot be said to be fully civilized and healthy.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
19 Nov 15
It is incredible that we can put men into space but not on to toilets.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
19 Nov 15
@LadyDuck yes, some places have them (a sink, toilet bowl and male urinal).
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@LadyDuck (458976)
• Switzerland
19 Nov 15
@hereandthere I can understand that you do not like those places.
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@LadyDuck (458976)
• Switzerland
20 Nov 15
@JamesHxstatic I have heard from Marie from Mississippi that they have very poor communities where there is no running water and no toilets. I would have never thought that this still happens in the United States.
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@JamesHxstatic (29257)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Nov 15
@LadyDuck I have read about these stats before too. It is a terrible thing and even here in the US there are places without running water.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Nov 15
I'd rather have this than power....
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Nov 15
@LadyDuck Eastern toilets..... was a really cold wake up the first time I encountered one, first thing in the morning, was like.... how... where?
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
21 Nov 15
@MALUSE Ah, I see. I was not aware of this before - it makes some sort of sense. I wonder, with recent events in Paris, Hannover, and a lockdown today in Brussels, how long it will be before all amenities are closed permanently. What you describe sounds like Customer experience management, Kundenzufriedenheit, or "the Customer is King" (even when he/she isn't a customer, as it were).
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
23 Nov 15
The romans were the inventors of the toilet it is a shame that some countries have not followed suit.
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@DeborahDiane (40063)
• Laguna Woods, California
19 Nov 15
You make a great point. There are so many things that many of us do not appreciate enough!
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
19 Nov 15
@LadyDuck i don't understand why they have to put gold in everything
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
19 Nov 15
@LadyDuck My son travelled with a church youth club to Uganda where they coincidentally constructed a toilet block at an orphanage!
They had to change in Dubai and not only did they have magic eye, no touch flushing, but the toilet paper was issued sheet by sheet as you put out your hand!
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Nov 15
There are many new and strange day and it is my first time to hear about World Toilet Day. Yes, I am very grateful that we have a toilet at home. I can't imagine the life without it. The toilet shall be one of the biggest invention in the modern time.
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
20 Nov 15
These are the sorts of things I try to impress upon my children when they whine about how their friends have the newest video game, etc. I remind them that they are blessed to live indoors, to have electricity, warmth in the winter, food and most of all - indoor plumbing. We need to remember that we are the lucky people.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
19 Nov 15
must be pretty horrible - we take our lavatories so much for granted
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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19 Nov 15
I am massively grateful for having a clean flushable toilet, in a room with a door that locks and with soft paper to wipe my bits with. I couldn't imagine having to live with none of that, and all the consequences which come with it and seem so medieval.
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