Slum child selling vegetables

Efforts to improve sanitation in the slums

March 5th 2007
Later in the morning we visit another slum where WaterAid have been able to intervene and build a community sanitation block. Obviously in these settings there simply isn't the space to build household latrines, so different solutions are required. The sanitation block, with ladies' and gents' latrines, and showers, and a child-friendly latrine area too, is run by local people, and there is a smal ... read more

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Sarah Hancox

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I am lucky enough to be representing Anglian Water on the supporters' trip to India for the charity WaterAid. I'll be going for 2 weeks (24 Feb to 9 Mar) to see for myself how the charity works to give clean water, sanitation and hygiene education to some of the world's poorest people. Come back to this blog site to read more about the places and people I visit, and see some pictures. In India, 2 out of 3 people do not have access to any sort of toilet. Across the world, 5000 children die every day from preventable diseases such as diarrhoea, caused by dirty water and lack of sanitat... full info

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