CONSTRUCTION OF TOILETS BY HOPE TO HELP IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS

Pakistan is the seventh worst country in terms of access to basic sanitation, as its 42 per cent of the population remains without access to basic sanitation. - As stated by Dawn newspaper.

Worldwide, 2.3 billion people are living without somewhere to go to the toilet. Without a toilet there is no way to prevent your faeces from contaminating your environment. Minute amounts can get on your hands, in your food and water supply, and spread diseases.

Unsafe drinking water is a major cause of several diseases. Poor sanitation and poor hygiene have been the root for several disease episodes. Infant mortality, diarrhoea and child malnutrition in low-income areas of Pakistan are greatly associated with inadequate access to safe water and basic sanitation.

Improving funding and allocation of resources is at the heart of solving the sanitation and waste water problems in Pakistan. HOPE-a Health NGO in Pakistan, has always been a forerunner in solving health and education related issues in Pakistan. Seeing the disastrous sanitary and hygiene situation HOPE stepped up and opened 3 toilets in different locations.

The first one which has been constructed on link road, Gulam Hasan road, benefits almost 40-50 houses in the vicinity, causing them great ease and solving their basic washroom problems.

The second toilet constructed by HOPE is at Kathor, which benefits almost 25-30 houses.  This place is situated in Khairpur, Sind, Pakistan.

HOPE’s third toilet is situated in Badin, Sindh and is now under construction.

Villagers claim these toilets have solved many problems. Alongside these there are also many handpumps installed by HOPE where villagers are provided with clean, pure water. These toilets are constructed on a 5x5 sq foot.

As citizens of Pakistan, it is our duty to help provide resources to underprivileged and downtrodden population of Pakistan. With many arising issues such as load shedding, lack of gas supply, no proper sanitation, we must do our level best by ebbing the problems which are under our control and donating whatever little we can. These well-constructed toilets are funded by HOPE itself to improve the living conditions of the underserved population.

HOPE-a Health NGO in Pakistan has been active in Pakistan since 1997, under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla-Child Specialist in Karachi. It strives to improve the health and educational disparity of the deprived community in the country.