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TONIGHT THE CUBS COMPLETED THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE BADGE WHEN THEY LEARNT A LOT ABOUT POO! – ACTUALLY THEY HAD TO FIND OUT ABOUT A GLOBAL ISSUE AND SANITATION WAS CHOSEN!

 

WE WERE INTRODUCED TO “TOILET TWINNING” (http://www.toilettwinning.org/).  “TOILET TWINNING IS RAISING FUNDS FOR FOUNDER CHARITIES CORD AND TEARFUND, TO ENABLE PEOPLE LIVING IN POOR COMMUNITIES TO HAVE CLEAN WATER, A DECENT TOILET AND TO LEARN ABOUT HYGIENE – A VITAL COMBINATION THAT PREVENTS THE SPREAD OF DISEASE, REDUCES THE NUMBER OF DEATHS AMONG CHILDREN AND BRINGS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

FOR A £60 DONATION, YOU CAN TWIN YOUR TOILET AT HOME, WORK, SCHOOL OR CHURCH WITH A LATRINE IN ONE OF 9 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES: AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, BURUNDI, CAMBODIA, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, ETHIOPIA, LIBERIA, NEPAL AND UGANDA”.

 

“WHEN YOU TWIN YOUR TOILET YOU RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF YOUR TOILET’S TWIN, CONTAINNIG A PHOTOGRAPH, THE LATRINE’S LOCATION AND ITS GPS COORDINATES SO YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ON GOOGLE MAPS.

 

YOUR DONATION IS USED BY TEARFUND AND CORD TO ENABLE LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE A TOILET WILL MAKE TO THEIR LIVES.  WHEN FAMILIES WORK TOGETHER TO INSTALL WATER PUMPS, BUILD TOILETS AND LEARN ABOUT BASIC HYGIENE, THE HEALTH OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IMPROVES: PARENTS ARE ABLE TO WORK IN THEIR FIELDS AND GROW CROPS WHILST CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND GET AN EDUCATION”.

 

AS WELL AS “TOILET TWINNING THE CUBS WERE GIVEN A NUMBER OF POO FACTS.

DID YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE THAT:

• OVER A LIFE, THE AVERAGE PERSON SPENDS 3 YEARS ON THE TOILET (PRESUMABLY NOT ALL AT THE SAME TIME AND, I GUESS, IT DEPENDS HOW GOOD THE BOOK IS!)
• THE ROMANS COMMONLY USED A SPONGE ON A STICK TO WIPE THEIR BOTTOMS WITH (HOPEFULLY NOT THE VICTORIA SANDWICH MADE SPECIALLY FOR TEA!)
• THREE QUARTERS OF YOUR POO, BY WEIGHT, IS MADE UP OF WATER
• IN MEDICAL TERMS, POO CAN BE SORTED INTO 7 TYPES RANGING FROM TYPE 1 (SEPARATE HARD LUMPS) TO TYPE 7 (ENTIRELY LIQUID).  THIS IS KNOW AS THE BRISTOL STOOL SCALE
• THE AVERAGE PERSON USES 57 SHEETS OF TOILET PAPER IN ONE DAY
• 2.5 BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE DON’T HAVE ANYWHERE SAFE, CLEAN OR HYGIENIC TO GO TO THE LOO.  THIS EQUATES TO 40% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION

HERE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING THE EVENING.  YOU CAN SEE US PLAYING 10 PIN BOWLING WITH A TWIST.  THE BOWLING BALL HAS BEEN SUBSTITUTED FOR A LOO ROLL.  NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS!

 

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