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TED Talks: Season 2015

2015x12 Joe Madiath: Better toilets, better life
TV-PG

  • 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z on YouTube
  • 15m
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
In rural India, the lack of toilets creates a big, stinking problem. It leads to poor quality water, one of the leading causes of disease in India, and has a disproportionately negative effect on women. Joe Madiath introduces a program to help villagers help themselves, by building clean, protected water and sanitation systems and requiring everyone in the village to collaborate — with significant benefits that ripple across health, education and even government.
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