By Janice Vard Smith | Project volunteer
At this stage 50 families have benefitted from this sanitation project with funds from other sources. A toilet is a great source of pride to a family as well as having many other health and basic hygiene benefits. It means that the family no longer have to go into the fields. Typically a mother will go into the fields at dawn for her toilet needs, putting herself in danger of being bitten by snakes. Many people in India die as a result of snake bites so a toilet can be life saving as well as life changing to a family. Interestingly Indians are so used to using the fields for their toilet that they sometimes find it difficult at first to adapt to using a proper toilet but quickly realise and appreciate all the benefits.
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