Sanitation is essential to human health and dignity.
Worldwide, over 2.5 billion people, half the developing world’s population, lack access to improved sanitation. Without proper waste disposal, water sources above and below ground become contaminated and unsafe.

Unsafe water leads to severe outbreaks of diarrheal diseases, some of the deadliest diseases for children in the developing world. Every year, at least 1.8 million children die as a result of unclean water and poor sanitation.

There is hope.
With sanitation, including basic pit latrines, the overall health of a community is improved. An improvement in sanitation leads to a more than 30 percent reduction in child mortality. Sanitation also leads to an increase in school and work attendance, which increases opportunity for individual and corporate success.

You can get involved.
Through your participation in Potty Papers and Where Would You Go?, you will educate others about the necessity of sanitation. Simply post Potty Papers sticky notes and Where Would You Go? posters in the bathrooms of your work, church, club or school, and watch people become encouraged to join the work toward sanitation for all people. By promoting Lifewater’s sanitation programs, you will help others achieve the blessings of health and dignity.

Instructions

1. Decide where you want to post the Potty Papers and Where Would You Go? materials. You can post them at your workplace, school, club, home, church, youth group, or anywhere else that you want to see awareness raised. 
2. Download the Potty Papers and Where Would You Go? materials below. Or, order them via the Materials Order Form.
   
3. Get to posting!
4. Make the campaign more effective by presenting it in an email, meeting agenda item, newsletter, or lunchtime discussion to the people you’re involving.
5. When you have finished with the campaign, let us know how it went at info@lifewater.org

Resources Available

To order, click "Order Materials," or download PDFs by clicking the links available below.

Potty papers poster
Potty Papers sticky notes (4 versions)
Where Would you Go? posters (5 versions in set)
Campaign Instructions