Toilet for Babli
There is an old
saying ‘cleanliness brings happiness’ and why wouldn’t it. Hygiene is one of
the basic things which people in India have failed to achieve time and again.
Why is it so difficult to have a proper hygiene? It is not that people don’t
understand the need of proper hygiene but the most important factor is
ignorance and no care attitude or rather in hindi we say ‘Chalta hai’.
India, in the 21st
century, still has 597 million people defecating in the open. Can you
believe this? 597 million but who cares, chalta hai. People may not understand
the depth of this problem. This increases the chances of health hazards and
women are the prime victims. For a moment let’s keep the bigger picture ‘health
hazard’ aside and think about defecating in open for women’s perspective. We
have always been taught in this country to respect women but due to lack of
toilets and lack of hygiene, a woman has to compromise on their dignity. Is
this acceptable when we are leaving in the 21st century? We say kids
are the future of the nation but is too much to ask a #ToiletForBabli? Have we
fallen down to the level where we can let our mother, sister, wife or any women
compromise on their dignity? We all know the questions to this answer yet why
do we fail to maintain a proper hygiene?
Recently, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi flagged ‘Swachh Bharat’ or ‘Clean India’ campaign and
very clearly mentioned that before we do anything we shall build toilets across
nation. I salute this man for his vision and understanding the most basic yet
most important subject which makes or break people, society and thus nation.
It is important
that we take up the initiative and make ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign a grand
success. On the same lines, Domex has come up with a very innovative initiative
with an aim to help make villages ‘open-defecation’ free. Domex Toilet Academy (DTA)
was launched on 19th November 2013. It aims to become a sustainable and
long-term solution to provide sanitation that benefits the local community and
helps stimulate the local economy. The Toilet Academy makes toilets accessible
and affordable, while promoting the benefits of clean toilets & good
hygiene. This effort by Domex has resulted in bringing the change in the
villages of Maharashtra and Orissa and they aim to build 24, 000 toilets by
2015 in rural areas facing the problem of open defecation.
Not only this,
Domex is also encouraging people across the country to participate and be a
part of this beautiful initiative. If you want to bring the change in the lives
of millions of kids, thereby showing your support for the Domex Initiative, all
you need to do is “click” on the “Contribute Tab” on www.domex.in and Domex will contribute
Rs.5 on your behalf to eradicate open defecation, thereby helping kids like
Babli live a dignified life.
I support this campaign by Domex and have extended my support by clicking on the contribute tab on http://www.domex.in/
I believe we can and we
will be able to bring this important change.
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