“Open-defecation free” program is a success

[geovalin]

Phak Seangly

More than 600 villages, home to more than half a million people, have been declared “open-defecation free” as a result of a major program aimed at boosting the number of Cambodians who have access to hygienic toilets, according to Plan International.

In five targeted provinces – Kampong Cham, Kampong Speu, Takeo, Svay Rieng, and Kandal – 634 villages, housing a total of 530,000 people, declared that they had abandoned the practice of outdoor defecation between 2012 and the end of last year, according to Plan International’s senior coordinator, Suthavaridh Lempho.

“The Cambodia Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Improvement Program (CRSHIP) has involved 2,008 villages, but so far only 634 have declared themselves defecation free and been recognised as such by the Rural Development Ministry, which is working together with Plan and local authorities,” he said.

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[samsensam]

sounds like a positive step.

wish some of the locals in my area of bangkok would stop using the street as a toilet. some use random places, some have favorite places. it is anti-social, unhygienic and the smell is awful.

what makes their behavior even more bizarre is there are two free, and reasonably clean, public toilets within 2-3 minutes walk.

[NickJ]

Sounds like you could have a negative step in most of the rural villages though......

[ggt]

While most of the world is concerned about the economy, terrorists, or world war...Cambodia is making tremendous progress in the villages...what could possibly be next...clean water?

[sanukjim]

And 10 million are still crapping in the streets along with the cows and dogs.

[Lex Talionis]

"To help the drive against open defecation, the government has released two short humorous videos for broadcast nationally."

Links???

[Lex Talionis]

That's fine for the rural villages but what about Phnom Penh? Where the red-faced Barang are routinely, shockingly confronted with the open defecation that goes on all along the riverside.

Porta-Potties?

[Lex Talionis]

Not one of the humerous ones but a good video anyway:

[Nobb]

Just like i have always said. if it is nice out leave it out!