A new report on the performance of countries in providing toilet facilities to citizens showed that an estimated 344 million children in sub-Saharan Africa don’t have a decent toilet at home.
The report produced by Water Aid is dubbed “The Crisis in the Classroom: The State of the World’s Toilets 2018.
It revealed the countries where children are struggling most to access a toilet at school and at home and highlighting those that have made good progress.
The global organisation once again rated countries doing poorly in proving descent access to toilet for their citizens.
The top ten countries with lowest access to decent household toilets were in Africa. Ethiopia was the worst performer.
According to Water Aid, 93 percent of Ethiopians lack basic sanitation. Ethiopia is followed by Chad, Madagascar and South Sudan all with 90 percent of the population without basic sanitation.
Eritrea and Niger followed in that order with 89 and 87 percent of their populations respectively lacking basic sanitation.
Benin, Togo and Ghana were all tied at the seventh worst with 86 percent of the population without basic sanitation.
Sierra Leone was tenth with 85 percent of its population without basic sanitation.
Water Aid’s report was released as the world marks International Toilet Day which falls on November 19.
The group is calling on governments to take urgent action to make decent toilets normal not just for children but for everyone everywhere by 2030.
Source: Africafeeds.com
