Celebrate World Toilet Day on November 19th

Seedfolks Roots & Shoots and 4-H Clubshttp://milwaukee.uwex.edu/youth/4h/documents/TheBigSquat.pdf

are inviting you to squat with us for one minute to draw awareness to this serious problem. We would like to have a squatting line that winds throughout the church!

World Toilet Day is coming on November 19. I know what you’re thinking: sounds silly, right? But there’s nothing funny about the fact that 2.5 billion people in the world don’t have proper sanitation. This causes serious problems:

-Diarrheal diseases kill five times as many children in the developing world as HIV/AIDS. -Diarrheal diseases cause 2.2 million deaths a year, mostly among children under five. That’s the equivalent of 20 jumbo jets crashing EVERY DAY.

-Women who must go to secluded spaces in their village to “squat” are very often raped while trying to do something we take for granted many times each day.

Milaukee 4-H Clubs: You rock!

http://milwaukee.uwex.edu/youth/4h/index.cfm

World Toilet Day is November 19. A lengthening list of events are being planned throughout the world to bring attention to the 2.5 billion who don’t have proper sanitation. Did you know?

Diarrheal diseases kill five times as many children in the developing world as HIV/AIDS. Diarrheal diseases cause 2.2 million deaths a year, mostly among children under five. That’s the equivalent of 20 jumbo jets crashing EVERY DAY.
Women who must go to secluded spaces in their village to “squat” are often raped while trying to do something we take for granted many times each day.

In Wisconsin, Seedfolks Roots & Shoots and 4-H Clubs are having a Big Squat. They’ve invited the public to squat for one minute to draw attention to this situation. They’re hoping to have a squatting line that winds throughout the church where they meet. Milwaukee 4-H Clubs : You rock! How about a Big Squat to celebrate World Toilet Day in your school or workplace? Join a global movement. Instructions here in the Big Squat Toolkit.

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