As many of the devastating stories and photos of typhoon-wrecked Philippines show, one of the most pressing problems of the Philippines crisis is the lack of toilets and the collapse of water systems. Tacloban is currently facing a desperate lack of sustainable sanitation. UNICEF, among other organizations, has delivered portable toilets and hygiene supplies to Tacloban and is appealing for $34 million to help the four million children affected by Typhoon Haiyan, the estimated amount for six months of assistance. The lack of sustainable sanitation that the Tacloban region is suddenly facing is part of daily life for an astonishingly high percentage of the world's population.
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2.5 billion people do not have access to a toilet or sustainable sanitation
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November 19, 2013 has been designated first World Toilet Day by United Nations
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In many countries, girls stay home from school or drop out all together due to lack of a safe place to change and clean
Some sobering facts about the world's lack of toilets, according to the @placeholder: