November 19th is World Toilet Day. Yes, you read that right. World Toilet Day! It’s a day dedicated to toilets. It’s about inspiring action to fight the global sanitation crisis. On 1 January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development officially came into force. While there has been good progress on many of the SDGs, Goal #6 – to ensure availability and sustainable management of sanitation and water for all by 2030 – is not on track!

There are still more than half the world’s population – 4.5 billion people – who do not have a safe toilet. (Warning: Graphic statistic alert: 892 million people still practice open defecation. If you don’t know what that means, click here.

Test your toilet knowledge and help raise awareness!


Take our World Toilet Day Quiz

 

That was fun… now let’s see how you did!