Toilet Twinning

Toilet Twinning is an initiative which invites people to "twin" their own toilet with latrines in poor communities (an analogy with the twin towns and sister cities movement).[1][2][3] This is a way of raising funds to enable people in the poorest nations to have clean water and a proper toilet, and to learn about hygiene. Toilet Twinners receive a certificate, containing a photo of the twinned latrine, its location and GPS coordinates.

Toilet Twinning used to be a partnership between two international charities, Christian Outreach for Relief & Development (Cord) and Tearfund, but now is solely a charity under Tearfund. It was formed in 2010, in response to the global sanitation crisis.

Work

In stable communities, Toilet Twinning works through a model of community mobilisation to create locally owned and locally delivered water and sanitation programmes. Hygiene education is a key focus of Toilet Twinning’s work.

In conflict areas, where little infrastructure exists, Toilet Twinning funds programmes that build toilets and provide clean water.

In 2013, field operations delivered water and sanitation programmes in 26 countries.

A number of key individual and organisations have joined the scheme. These include the Welsh National Assembly, the Northern Ireland Assembly, comedian Tim Vine and adventurer Bear Grylls.

gollark: Why anyone who uses more than one space after a full stop is objectively wrong in all ways.
gollark: much_of_the_education_system_irl
gollark: I mean, if someone is making an ICBM, are they going to use a random commercial GPS module?
gollark: It's very bizarre. You can get around them with one of the SDR-based GPS implementations, but it's annoying for many people.
gollark: I'm immune to that due to repeated exposure, actually.

References
  1. "Good will that makes a difference". Church Times. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  2. "Dumfriesshire eco group is flushed with success over toilet twinning venture". Daily Record. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  3. "Charities benefit from Tinder date that went wrong". BBC. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.


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