Where does all the goo goo go? - WaterAid (sitios de interés)

WaterAid | Where does all the goo goo go?

In rural areas, you might think that it's ok to go to the toilet in the bushes. You'd be wrong...

In the village of Akkelpur in Rajshahi, WaterAid's partner VERC calculated that 5,910kg of solid human waste (known locally as goo) is produced by the village each month. So, where does all this goo go?

It ends up in the ponds used for washing. Chickens walk it into people's houses. Flies carry it to food. People eat it.

Disgusted with this knowledge, communities take action and build latrines. By empowering communities to take action WaterAid has helped more than a million people gain access to sanitation in the last year alone.

(c) WaterAid 2008