World Toilet Day 2015 – Revisited!
On Thursday 19 November 2015 Riverbank was visited by Steve Roberts, from the Montgomery Centre, who told us all about World Toilet Day.
We found out that –
- 1 in 3 people in the world do not have a basic toilet!
- Nearly a billion people have to go to the toilet in the open!
- Sanitation related diseases kill nearly 1000 children every day!
P6-7B thought about how lucky we are to have toilets, bathrooms, showers and, most important of all,…..fresh running water.
We found out about the toilets of different women around the world; from those who went to the toilet outside to those who had heated toilet seats and TVs in their bathrooms.
Following on from this, the pupils sketched their ‘dream bathroom’ and then we thought of four luxuries we would like in our dream bathroom and compared that with four luxuries that people in other parts of the world would like in their toilet.
We soon realised that a luxury for many, many people would, simply, be that of having a basic, simple toilet let alone a proper flushing on. We put together our sketches and luxuries in a booklet to finish off our work.
We considered ourselves lucky!
UNCRC/RRSA
Article 24 – Every child has the right to the best possible health. Governments must work to provide good quality health care, clean water….and a clean environment so that children can stay healthy.
Article 16 – Every child has the right to privacy…….