More Cell Phones Than Toilets?

Did you know…

that some places in the world have more Cell phones per person than toilets?

It is a fact.  A United Nations report says that in India that more people have cell phones than access to proper sanitation. I imagine that might be the case in Kenya too.  The paper goes on to say,

“Anyone who shirks the topic as repugnant, minimizes it as undignified, or considers unworthy those in need,  should let others take over for the sake of 1.5 million children and countless others killed each year by contaminated water and unhealthy sanitation,”

Furthermore, Mr. Ardel says,

““The world can expect, however, a return of between $3 and $34 for every dollar spent on sanitation, realized through reduced poverty and health costs and higher productivity – an economic and humanitarian opportunity of historic proportions,”

Cleaning loos is not as glamorous as having a cell phone but it is one of those basic, simple things  that can make a big different in the quality of everyone’s lives.  Our kids are a least as precious to each one of us as our cell phones and they are worth protecting through having sanitary toilets.

lilian@clkenya.com