The 9th #SITE4Society event at United Nations University-MERIT was a #Sanitation awareness educational quiz to commemorate #WorldToiletDay (November 19th). Participants were quizzed about the interlinkages between health and sanitation. Then, they were challenged to identify the technological, behavioural, organizational and regulatory challenges thwarting the elimination of open defecation in the world, which is the main objective of SDG6 with respect to sanitation. Finally, in good cheer, students and academics at UNU-MERIT learnt to wash their hands following this wonderful dance by Indonesian nurses!
The unique feature of this program was that SITE4Society was one of the many teams around the world (Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan and India) which had implemented this program developed by Prof. Shyama Ramani of UNU-MERIT and her FIN Trust NGO team.
