Diarrhoea claims the lives of 4,000 children a day. These children are dying because they do not have access to adequate sanitation or safe water. Their deaths, from common diseases, are preventable.
Where there is nowhere safe and clean to go to the toilet, people are exposed to disease, lack of privacy, and indignity.
Bad health caused by poor sanitation has a knock-on effect on the family economy and nutrition.
In many cultures women who have no access to a latrine must wait until it is dark to go to the toilet or have to walk long distances to find an isolated spot. Where there are no toilets girls are prevented from going to school.
"This slum has existed for 10 years and is in a shocking state," explains Ruby from Balar Math Slum, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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