101.7 FM IN GENEVA DAB+, CABLE & SATELLITE ACROSS SWITZERLAND
LISTEN ONLINE Listen

L A T E S T

Phase three of the HapMap project completed
Listen
Pros and cons of homeschooling your kids
Listen
Climate change conundrum: Who will pay?
Listen
Pollution solution: Ban dirty cars downtown?
Listen
Escalator etiquette—do we have the right to stand on the left?
Listen

M O S T   R E A D

Most Read

1. Former bankers willing to blow whistle
2. Zurich school tries to boost prospects for immigrant kids
3. Should shops be open around the clock?
4. Jura to pave over dinosaur tracks
5. Escalator etiquette—do we have the right to stand on the left?


P O P U L A R

S U B S C R I B E

RSS Feeds
  twitter.com/wrs
  Join us on Facebook
Put our headlines on your website
Home > News > Feature Stories > Pants down to bring toilets into focus
E-mail Print
Thursday, 19 November, 2009

Pants down to bring toilets into focus

Freddy Mercury, Charles Pictet-de-Rochemont and Ganymede—what do a rock star, a diplomat and a demigod all have in common? Yesterday their commemorative statues (in Montreux, Geneva and Zurich) all had their pants down to mark World Toilet Day. It sounds comical, but the message—sent by Swiss development organisation, Helvetas—is deadly serious, because a lack of toilets means disease and a loss of human dignity for 2.5 million people worldwide. WRS’s Conor Lennon speaks with Lucas Chambers who’s been following the story:

A statue of late singer Freddie Mercury in Montreux is "dressed up" with let-down trousers to raise awareness of the daily human indignity suffered by the 2.5 million people worldwide who do not have access to a toilet. (KEYSTONE/Jean-Christophe Bott)

Share this story

More

Tell us what you think

All fields are required, but your e-mail address will not be displayed. Please be civil.

( )

( Markdown)

This question helps prevent spam: