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 it is easy to forget that a majority of humans do not yet have access to piped water sanitation; we met jim kim around 2009 - he'd chosen the name world toilet to be unforgetable wherever smart people chatter about human development

as well as being in un sgd 6- clearly lack of toilets adds challenges to health, even to washing (a key to coved limitation); it also is part and parcel of the other half of the climate challenge

while developen nations need to reduce spends on engineering unless they can find clean energy inputs; the gap of the least developed world dends on much wiser carbo spending on piped infrastructured as well as maximising natural or wireless access

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Jack Sim• 1stFounder at World Toilet Organization. BOP HUB. Sanotion. Clinicai. Story teller for Social Change5h •  19 reb 20225 hours ago

"I would like to extend my congratulations to you on the 20th anniversary of the World Toilet Organization.

Access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene are basic to progress. Yet more than half of the world’s population still lacks proper sanitation. As countries urbanise and population grow, the most disadvantaged will continue to bear the brunt of poor sanitation. Access to safe and adequate sanitation is also fundamental to public health in pandemics, in lowering the risk of disease and preventing premature deaths.

The World Toilet Organization’s work over the last 20 years has been critical to raising awareness and mobilising collective action to tackle the problem. The World Toilet Summit has succeeded in bringing together stakeholders to find lasting solutions, and the World Toilet College has trained more than 23,000 people on the importance of sanitation. World Toilet Day has been designated by the UN since 2013.

The World Toilet Organization’s efforts have made a significant contribution to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 on Clean Water and Sanitation for all. I wish the World Toilet Organization continued success in uplifting the dignity and livelihoods of vulnerable populations globally."

Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Senior Minister and
Coordinating Minister for Social Policies,
Singapore