"World's Toilet Crisis"

I am watching this episode of Vanguard on the world's toilet crisis and I wanted to puke the first 5 minutes into it. It made me realize that I am enclosed in this box where I only see the world as I know or live. I am actually very embarrassed for being so blind about the idea that people don't have toilets in places such as India and Indonesia. It's not like it has never crossed my mind. I've been to China and had to squat in a hole to do my business, but essentially I was still using a toilet and it's not like I had to go out in the fields. Toilets are not something I think about every day. I feel so closed-minded and naive in a way because as I watch this episode, my mouth is dropping and my eyes are open wide. It's as if this is the first time I've heard about the unsanitary way people have to live. Given that I am a writer, this all makes me kind of hit myself in the head because it's something I should be exposed to and should be out writing stories about. Except here I am, stunned by what these correspondents have to document because I live the majority of my life seeing things in rose-colored glasses. It's ridiculous. We live in a world full of  toilets and clean drinking water, but clearly take it for granted. The next time you sit on your toilet, don't pick up that newspaper or book. Instead, think about how we need to change the world so people aren't dying because of unsanitary living conditions.


Watch this episode and see for yourself.


World's Toilet Crisis