
How do you break down cultural barriers around toilets? Get children talking, according to this excellent article in The Guardian newspaper. Teaching children to talk about hygiene openly is the first step to tackling the harmful prejudices of their parents.
That's because kids are less hung up on these issues than adults, says Thilo Panzerbieter, the executive director of the German Toilet Organisation (GTO) and one of several people quoted. He said the GTO's work in Zambia, Lesotho and the Philippines had revealed a universally applicable strategy: “Let’s empower the children, because they don’t have that taboo.” Read the full article here.
That's because kids are less hung up on these issues than adults, says Thilo Panzerbieter, the executive director of the German Toilet Organisation (GTO) and one of several people quoted. He said the GTO's work in Zambia, Lesotho and the Philippines had revealed a universally applicable strategy: “Let’s empower the children, because they don’t have that taboo.” Read the full article here.