20 Sanitation and Cleanliness for a Healthy Environment
Contamination upstream causes illness downstream
It is easy to talk about participation and cooperation in the household or community,
but it can be very hard to do. And it is difficult when people who did not create a
problem must fix it.
Drawing for discussion: What threats to good health do you see?
Health worker discussion questions:
• What kinds of water use are shown here?
• How do people’s sanitation activities affect the water
they use?
• How is people’s health affected by these activities?
• What could people in the picture do to protect their
health?
• How can these people work together to improve
sanitation for all?