Why We Need To Talk About Shit | Jack Sim | TEDxSalford

Today, about a billion people worldwide face the indignity of defecating in the open. The lack of clean and safe school toilets leads to higher dropout among girls once they reach puberty. Diarrhoeal diseases - a direct result of poor sanitation - claim more children every year than AIDS, malaria and measles combined.
A taboo topic often shrouded in ignorance and silence, toilet sanitation begs for open discourse and social awareness in its global implications on health, education and safety.
Jack Sim asks the provocative question: what would it take to mobilise our society and see social change in this sorely neglected issue, and what can we do about it?
Widely known as Mr Toilet, Jack Sim broke the global taboo of toilet and sanitation by bringing the agenda to global media centre-stage. After attaining financial independence, he retired from business to devote the rest of his life to social work. In 1998 he founded the Restroom Association of Singapore and the World Toilet Organization (WTO) in 2001, a global network and service platform for toilet associations to promote sound sanitation and public health policies. WTO declared November 19th as World Toilet Day which has now been adopted as Official UN World Toilet Day. In 2004 Mr Sim was awarded the Singapore Green Plan Award for his contribution to the environment. He is also an Ashoka Global Fellow and Schwab Fellow of the World Economic Forum. Time Magazine named him Hero of the Environment in 2008.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

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Jack Sim, you're an angel on earth - may your good work flourish, and may you live a long life to continue your work. Thank you for existing because you truly represent, and bring hope, joy, and love.

[@ChrisFariaGTARealtor]

We are in 2020. Why do we still have sanitation problems affecting humans? Proper sanitation is a necessity for well-being. The information on sanitation has been available for many decades...
Your topic on global poverty is great and needs to be addressed not in conjunction with sanitation, although all of it is connected. I originally thought of and posted idea using heavy duty plastic and frames for large scale sceptic systems with appropriate "layers" within to allow decomposition process.
Global collaborative efforts for the well being and improvement of our societies and World. Synchronous ideas. Thank you for your TED talk

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this should get more views !

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Saneamento é a base da saúde e do desenvolvimento de um povo.

[@JNCressey]

Adam Conover brought me here. Jack Sim featured in "Adam Ruins Everything": Season 1, episode 6.

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if americans listened to TED talks would it be a better place

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13:38 salman