Twin your toilet for charity
December 1st 2009 The cleaning industry is being urged to sign up to the first global Toilet Twinning Campaign by linking Britain’s public loos with their very own ‘twin’ latrine deep in the African bush.
The scheme is the brainchild of UK international charity CORD which works in Africa and Asia with the victims of war and violent conflict.
For just £60 twinners can help a family returning home to a country ravaged by years of civil war to start again from scratch. Every twinner receives a framed picture of their exclusive twin latrine to hang in their loo, complete with its Google Earth location so they can pinpoint it in the remote Rutana Province of Burundi.
40% of the world populations – 2.6 billion people – don’t have access to a toilet. Left lying around, human waste is the world’s biggest killer with a child dying every 17 seconds from diarrhoeal diseases.
The latrines, scattered amongst hill villages, are being built by families returning after 14 years exile in the refugee camps of neighbouring Tanzania.They are bringing sanitation and improved health to thousands of people who lost everything in the long civil war.
“To engage with Toilet Twinning has to be a no brainer for anyone involved in the cleaning industry,” says Richard Dickson, CORD director.
“We have such wonderful public facilities in this country and I would urge everyone to support us and make a real difference to the lives of people who have arrived home with literally nothing.”
There was plenty of enthusiasm for the idea at LOYA, where award winners saw the potential for promoting the cause in their ladies and gents facilities.
To support the world’s first Toilet Twinning, visit the website. Click here for www.toilettwinning.org or call 01926 31530. All industry support is welcome. More articles from Cleaning Matters News Desk: | 
