comfort room photos
A study reports that 1.5 million Filipinos younger than age five suffer from diarrhea due to lack of access to clean water, basic sanitation facilities and poor hygiene practices. Reportedly, less than half of children below 12 years wash their hands before grabbing food to eat.
In “comfort rooms” in the Philippines, these are often missing: plumbing, flush tanks, toilet seats, bathroom tissue, door knobs, door latches, door locks, light bulbs, sinks, hot water, soap, paper towels, hand-sanitizing gel, cleanliness…
no plumbing, no seats, no tissue, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels
no toilet plumbing, no seat, no tissue, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels
no plumbing, no seats, no tissue, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels
no plumbing, no seat, no tissue, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels
no seat, no tissue, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels
no plumbing, no seat, no tissue, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels
Flush with water dipped by hand from barrel
no seat, no tissue, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels
no plumbing, no seat, no tissue, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels
no hot water, no soap, no paper towels …
no seat, no tissue, no sink, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels …
no seat, no tissue, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels (Camp John Hay)
no plumbing, no seat, no tissue, no sink, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels …
no plumbing, no seat, no tissue, no sink, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels
no plumbing, no seat, no tissue, no sink, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels - Flush with water scooped with the cup in the bucket
no plumbing, no seat, no tissue, no sink, no hot water, no paper towels - Flush with water scooped with a cup
no sink, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels - Flush by pouring water from the cup floating in the water-filled trash drum at left
This is what Calvary Baptist Elementary school offers its students:
no tissue, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels … no incentive for kids to wash
urinals for boys
no tissue, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels
no seat, no tissue, no hot water, no soap, no paper towels
About ten thousand Philippine children die each year from diarrhea, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Republic of the Philippines Department of Health.
Diarrhea is the fourth-leading cause of death among kids less than five years old. The Philippines ranks second among 13 Southeast Asian and East Asian nations studied, with the number of reported diarrhea cases nearly double that of the other countries.
If Filipinos would wash their hands after urinating and defecating and wiping themselves, and before eating food with their hands, perhaps millions would not suffer illness caused by bacteria and viruses and thousands more kids would be alive today.
