Open defecation is one of the biggest concern of India. Around 597 million people defecate in the open, thereby increasing the risk of microbial contamination of water(bacteria, viruses, amoeba) which causes diseases like diarrhoea. We have taken an initiative to make villages in Maharashtra and Orissa open defecation free zones.
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This initiative impacts kids like Babli who have to defecate in the open, where they are exposed to bacteria and viruses which leads to dangerous diseases like diarrhoea. Diarrhoea and worm are two major health conditions that affect school age children impacting their education. Due to such diseases, 443 million school days are lost every year
- 20% of deaths among children under-14 are due to diseases caused by poor sanitation and hygiene.
- Almost 28 million school children across India do not have access to school toilet facilities.
- 7 states in India (Orissa, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) account for almost 50% (13.8 million) children without access to toilet facilities in schools.
- Only 6 per cent of rural children less than five years of age use toilets.
- 443 million school days are lost every year due lack of access to safe water, sanitation and
