Approximately 5,000 children die each day due to contaminated water and poor sanitation. Many of these deaths caused by diarrhea and the dehydration that accompanies it.

A great majority of the world’s diarrheal illnesses, such as cholera and typhoid, are caused by the improper disposal of feces. Improved sanitation facilities create the opportunity to reduce these deaths and restore health and well-being to those in need. Improved sanitation involves taking steps towards safely disposing feces.

Doing so prevents the spread of disease-causing organisms at the source. This module of the Community Health through Hygiene course trains partners to promote safe fecal disposal through burying feces or using latrines.

The participatory lessons are designed to teach community members how diarrheal diseases are spread, how to block transmission through safe disposal of feces, and how to effectively share this information with their families and neighbors. An overview of all three Community Health through Hygiene Modules are included in our stateside Community Health through Hygiene course.

This program is implemented by Lifewater’s volunteer field trainers and staff for the purpose of building the capacity of our national partners. For information on US-based training opportunities in this program area, see our Stateside Training section.