World Toilet Association Meets in Seoul, Korea
The World Toilet Association was flush with excitement for its inaugural conference in Seoul, Korea.
The WTA wants create a sanitation revolution – save lives through better hygiene – break taboos behind closed doors.
Frankly, I have no interest in what people do behind closed doors.
UN reps and other government delegates are discussing how to improve bathroom facilities for some 2.6 billion people around the globe.
The Pacific director of the World Health Organization estimates that 1.8 million
people die because of inadequate sanitation, 90% of them children under 5.
Gosh, maybe I should care more.
$10 billion a year is enough, about what Europeans spend annually on ice cream says CNN.
South Korea began its toilet revolution when the mayor of Suwon city improved facilities leading up to the 2002 World Cup.
When I lived in Japan, my Japanese students and I raised money to dig wells in back country cities in India for the purpose of improving sanitation. Kids are alive now because they have better ways to clean themselves.
Go, Korea!
What do you do behind closed doors?
Uh, never mind. Don't tell me.
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