LAST Tuesday, the world celebrated World Toilet Day. Yes you read that right: celebrating toilets is a recognised UN day to highlight the basic need of proper sanitation.
The World Toilet Organisation was founded by Singaporean Jack Sim (I’m serious!) in 2001 when he realised than more than 40% of the world’s population still do not have access to basic sanitation. According to him, “I was looking around for neglected subjects and I found toilets – toilets are so unspeakable – so to make it palatable, I added humour. The Acronym WTO is a pun to World Trade Organisation and it works wonders with the media.”
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