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Oct 1 (2 days ago)
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In hope,
Alaphia and the rest of the Avaaz team
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Dear friends,
Tomorrow, on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, the government is launching a ‘Clean India’ campaign. While we may not agree with everything the government does, we can recognise that we can all play a part to bring about a sanitation revolution in India.
From beaches to beautiful hill stations - everywhere we turn in India, mountains of litter mar our landscape. Littering seems to be a pervasive problem but even more deadly is the total lack of sanitation for millions of Indians. Let’s pledge to care as much about the state of our public spaces as we do about our private homes.
When over 1 million of us take this pledge, we will take it to the media to show the massive support to clean up India. Pledge now!
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/
Half of India’s population still doesn’t use a private toilet and India tops in open defecation all over the world. This means that even well fed children under five are at risk of malnourishment, deadly disease and death from diarrhea and encephalitis. Experts have warned that just building toilets won’t do, because having a toilet doesn’t necessarily guarantee that Indians will use it. It is only a change in public attitudes towards hygiene and sanitation that will guarantee lasting change.
This is where all of us come in. If we pledge to change our own behaviour in public spaces, and politely request other people to do the same, each of us could lead this change in attitude that is so crucial to saving millions of lives in India.
Of course the government needs to support this sanitation revolution by keeping its promise of building toilets and work on changing attitudes. But we can all make a start with our own actions by committing to respect our public space and making sure others do as well. Pledge now!
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/
Nearly half a million of us just marched all over the world to demand that our leaders take decisive action to tackle climate change. This includes hundreds of people in India. Avaaz members have repeatedly shown that caring for our environment is caring for humanity. Let’s do the same for a clean and hygienic India.
In hope,
Alaphia, Shreya, and the rest of the Avaaz team
More Information
Why India’s sanitation crisis is a public health emergency (LiveMint)
http://www.livemint.com/
The final frontier (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/news/
Modi orders officials to clean loos on Gandhi’s birthday (Reuters)
http://in.reuters.com/article/
From littering to spitting: sanitary problems in India’s public spaces (Urban Times)
http://urbantimes.co/2013/02/
India tops in open defecation (The Hindu)
http://www.thehindu.com/news/
Nearly half of India’s population still defecates in the open (Development And Cooperation)
http://www.dandc.eu/en/
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