The future is flush!
Bathroom
Loo
Water closet, or WC
Outhouse
El baño
Stall
Porta-potty
Latrine or pit latrine
The Throne
Whatever you want to call it, access to improved sanitation is a right due to all people.
If you live in a place where having a toilet in your home is a common occurrence, where water is pumped right to your sink and available at the twist of a faucet, where steaming hot water flows from a shower in intervals as long as you want or can stand it, give thanks, not once, not twice, but every day.
If you live in a place where you must leave the house to use a common toilet that offers privacy, if not luxury, give thanks that you do not have to go off to a field somewhere to defecate.
And if you live in a place where water, sanitation and hygiene, or WASH, are difficult to come by, know that there are people and organizations such as Water.org, World Toilet Organization, and of course, Global Water Alliance, working to ensure access to WASH for all.
The U.N. estimates that 4.2 billion people worldwide live without safe, sustainable sanitation. The U.N. has made it one of their Sustainable Development Goals — SDG#6 — to ensure access to clean water and sanitation for all people. This is not just about charity work or even simple human caring. The economic and health benefits of improved sanitation for all are indisputable.
So take note of this day — World Toilet Day. Together we can make WASH a reality for all people. Don’t let this moment in time go down the drain.
And if you are so inspired, why not make a donation to the charity of your choice today?
