Open defecation

THE FACT

1. OPEN DEFECATION BY KARAN KOTHARI

2. WHAT IS OPEN DEFECATION? IT IS A HUMAN PRACTICE OF DEFECATING OUTSIDE IN OPEN ENVIROMENT RATHER THAN INTO A TOILET. PEOPLE MAY CHOOSE FIELDS, BUSHES, FOREST, DITCHES, STREETS, CANALS,OR OTHER OPEN SPACE FOR DEFECATION.

3. REASONS WHY PEOPLE DEFECATE IN OPEN? PEOPLE DO SO BECAUSE EITHER THEY DO NOT HAVE A TOILET READILY ACCESSIBLE OR DUE TO TRADITIONAL CULTURAL PRACTICES. THE PRACTICE IS COMMON WHERE SANITATION INFRASTRUTURE AND SERVICES ARE NOT AVIALABLE. EVEN IF TOILETS ARE AVAILABLE, BEHAVIOUR CHANGE EFFORTS MAY STILL BE NEEDED TO PROMOTE THE USE OF TOILETS.

4. HOW THIS EFFECTS HUMANS AND ENVIROMENT? OPEN DEFECATION CAN POLLUTE THE ENVIROMENT AND CAUSE MANY HEALTH PROBLEMS TO HUMAN BEINGS. HIGH LEVELS OF OPEN DEFECATION ARE LINKED TO HIGH CHILD MORTALITY, POOR NUTRITION, POVERTY AND LARGE DISPARITIES BETWEEN RICH AND POOR.

5. PROBLEMS FACED BY WOMENS? WOMENS FACES INSECURITIES WHILE GOING FOR OPEN DEFECATTION. THEY DON’T FEEL INDEPENDENT, COMFORTABLE, SAFE, HYGIENIC, PRIVATE, HEALTHY. WITH SO MUCH OF WOMEN HARRASSMENT NEWS WE HEAR NOWADAYS ITS SCARY FOR A GIRL OR WOMEN TO LEAVE HOME AT EARLY MORNINGS OR LATE NIGHTS FOR DEFECATION.

6. HOW TO STOP OPEN DEFECATION? WE HAVE TO MAKE TOILETS SEXY SO THAT PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THEM. WHEN YOU SAY “TOILET” PEOPLE OFTEN THINK OF DARK, DIRTY AND SMELLY PLACES. INSTEAD, WE NEED THEM TO THINK OF TOILETS AS ROOMS OF HAPPINESS – CLEAN, COLORFUL AND NOT SMELLY. WE SHOULD MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF SANITATIONS AND WHY NOT TO DEFECATE IN OPEN.

7. ‘LETS BUILD A TOILET’ CAMPAIGN #ENDOPENDEFECATION

8. HOW CAMPAIGN WORKS? A SITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN APPLY TO HAVE A TOILET IN THEIR HOUSE OR PUBLIC AREAS. WE WILL GO AT THAT PLACE AND MAKE A TOLIET FOR THEM. OPTION FOR PEOPLE TO REGISTER FOR MAINTAINCE OF THE PUBLIC TOILETS. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN OPTION FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE FUND FOR MAKING THE TOLIET AND MAINTAING THE TOLIET.