HYGIENIC TOILETS
Building hygienic toilets for schools in the poor areas of sub-Saharan Africa is creating healthy lifestyles and ending the needless deprivation and suffering experienced by young people using Pit Latrines with faeces that cause infections and diseases and the drinking of dirty water that causes waterborne illnesses.
Digging Well partners with local communities and local constituted authorities in the building of hygienic toilets at Schools.
Your partnership will make a deep and lasting impact on the student's future and transform the local community.
FINDINGS ON HYGIENIC TOILETS
In sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania, fewer than a third of schools had a basic hygiene service. (UNICEF, 2021)
Nearly two-thirds of schools (63%) in sub-Saharan Africa had no hygiene service at all. (UNICEF, 2021)
94 million people still practice open defecation. (WHO/UNICEF 2021 (WHO/UNICEF 2021
58% of schools had a basic hygiene service (handwashing facilities with soap and water available at the time of the survey), 17% had a limited service (handwashing facilities with water but no soap available), and 25% had no service (no facilities or no water at the school). (UNICEF, 2021)
802 million children lacked a basic hygiene service at their school, including 322 million whose schools had facilities with water but no soap, and 480 million whose schools still had no hygiene service. (UNICEF, 2021)
Coverage of basic hygiene services ranged from 23% in low-income countries to >99% in high-income countries. (UNICEF, 2021)
While national definitions and indicators vary, in all countries with data available significantly fewer schools had toilets that were considered accessible for children with disabilities. (UNICEF, 2021)
Achieving universal access (>99%) to basic hygiene services in schools by 2030 would require a 5x increase in the current rate of progress (a 6x increase in LDCs and an 8x increase in fragile contexts). (UNICEF, 2021)
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