Lack of access to sanitation is rapidly becoming one of the most urgent global public health issues today.  The following facts about sanitation reflect the urgency of this global crisis:

2.5 billion people in the world live without access to sanitation

1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to clean drinking water

90% of sewage in the developing world is dumpted untreated into rivers

5,000 children die every day of infection diarrhoea

Access to sanitation is a vital part of human health, but it also vital for human dignity, privacy, gender equality, education, a healthy environment, and economic growth.