What’s Your Poo IQ?

There’s one simple change that could dramatically reduce child deaths, improve health, and make life better for millions:

Giving people a safe and clean place to poop!

Take our -question quiz to learn about the lifesaving power of toilets.

Test your poo IQ

Let’s start with an easy one. You probably don’t think twice about all the lavatories in your life, but around the world, many people don’t have that luxury. In fact, more people own ________ than have access to a basic toilet.

Incredibly, six billion people around the world own a mobile phone — but only 5 billion have a place to go #1 and #2.

This UNICEF team ensures that children and communities around the world have access to safe sanitation facilities, life-saving education about hygiene practices, and clean water. What do we call this team of toilet champions?

The UNICEF WASH Team — that’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene — works in more than 100 countries, ensuring that vulnerable children and communities around the world have the tools and education to prevent disease and early death due to lack of access to improved sanitation.

People use all sorts of wild words to refer to the WC — but as far as we know, no one settles on the jar to use the bathroom.

That’s an enormous number of children and adults unnecessarily exposed to disease and danger due to lack of improved sanitation facilities. Each day more than 800 children under five die from diarrhea linked to poor sanitation and hygiene and unsafe water. Girls in particular face harassment and even assault when they must go in the open.

This museum is overflowing with privy history: visitors can view an ancient sewer system, browse thousand-year-old chamber pots, and scope out the latest in toilet technology. Where do you have to travel to visit the world’s only museum dedicated to the history and design of places to poo?

The Sulabh International Museum of Toilets is located in New Delhi, India. This museum is flush with toilet trivia — but staff also strive to educate and advocate about sanitation and hygiene issues in India and around the world.

Access to basic toilets is essential for the survival and development of children. That’s why UNICEF WASH Teams work with governments and local communities in more than 100 countries to increase access to adequate sanitation facilities, particularly in rural areas. How many people did UNICEF WASH programs help gain access to toilets last year?

Last year, UNICEF programs supported 11 million people to gain access to toilets. And the impact is big: access to improved sanitation and toilets means girls are more likely to stay in school, child mortality rates decrease, and children are protected from disease. That’s powerful stuff for a simple toilet!