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  • November 21, 2010
    World Toilet Day - no laughing matter

    It's easy to enjoy the potty-humoured aspects of World Toilet Day, which took place on 19 November. Indeed the WTD promoters do that themselves. But there are very serious issues underlying the event, effecting billions of people.

  • October 3, 2010
    UN declares water and sanitation a legally binding right

    The United Nations Human Rights Committee has declared that the right to water and sanitation is to be recognised as legally binding.

  • March 22, 2010
    US churches boost World Water Day action commitments

    Church World Service is urging the United States to accelerate its efforts to help meet current and future water needs for all, by urging Congress to approve US $500 million in global funding for safe drinking water and sanitation.

  • October 22, 2008
    Give a toilet through Christian Aid

    If you are looking for an unusual gift to give, but something that is also going to do some good, then why not give a toilet through Christian Aid's Present Aid scheme? Visit Christian Aid's Present Aid site here

  • November 19, 2007
    MPs’ call for global action plan on toilets

    Governments will today (Nov 19) be accused of denying millions of people in the developing world a simple medical breakthrough – sanitation - that transformed British society 150 years ago. A new report from Christian development agency Tearfund calls for a Global Action Plan.