This Colorful Sink Could Save Thousands Of Children’s Lives Across Asia

Did you know that in the nation of Cambodia 10,000 children die each and every year from diarrheal diseases? Cambodia has the lowest access to sanitation of all the nations in Southeast Asia.

But that is starting to change, thanks in large part to the nonprofit agency WaterSHED, which has just released the LaBobo, a portable, inexpensive sink which is colorful and has a frog theme on it to catch the attention of children and encourage better hygiene.

Researchers from the University of California, Davis and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill surveyed 79 homes in a few provinces in Cambodia. What they found was frightening: only 5 percent of households have dedicated hand-washing equipment….READ MORE at  LiberalAmerica.org.

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