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"Sanitation Is Becoming a Social Movement" PDF Print E-Mail
Written by Nergui Manalsuren - IPS   
Thursday, 12 February 2009

Article Source: IPS - International Press Service

Written by - Nergui Manalsuren - February 12th, 2009

Nergui Manalsuren interviews THERESE DOOLEY, UNICEF sanitation advisor

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 6 (IPS) - While 2008 - declared by the U.N. as the "International Year of Sanitation" - came and went with 2.6 billion people, including almost one billion children, still living without basic facilities, UNICEF's sanitation and hygiene senior advisor, Therese Dooley, says there is reason for hope.

Hundreds of organisations are now working alongside governments and U.N. agencies to build safe, hygienic waste disposal systems, as well as to change cultural norms so that dangerous practices like open defecation are abandoned in the poorest communities. "It is almost like a social movement," she told IPS. "It is about everybody working together."

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