Transcript Senior school assembly PowerPoint (11+ years)

Senior School Assembly
Can you imagine life without loos?
2.5 billion people in the world don’t have anywhere safe,
clean or hygienic to go to the loo.
That’s 40% of the world’s population.
Loos save lives
The humble loo has done more to rid us of infectious disease
than the best medicines, even antibiotics or vaccinations.
Without a loo in our homes and schools to safely dispose of poo,
we’d still be living in a brutal age of cholera, dysentery,
typhus and typhoid fever – to say nothing of bubonic plague.
The problem with poo
There are about one billion germs per gram of poo.
That’s less than a teaspoon.
Even the smallest amount can leave
millions of germs on your hands.
The difference a loo makes
In Ethiopia, Tadelech’s
eight children were
constantly sick
She learnt about the link between sanitation and health
and built a toilet for her family
It stinks!
Every minute, three children under the age of 5 die
because of dirty water and poor sanitation.
It’s a really big problem.
But there’s a really easy answer. And we can help!
So what can we do to help?
We can twin toilets!