Word Sanitation Day Celebrations
In November 19, 2024 PN-BESI-TL Cooperated with the National University of East Timor (UNTL) through the Faculty of Social Sciences, realized a seminar activity to celebrate World Toilet Day with the theme “Toilets - A Place for Peace” and the National Theme “A Dignified Toilet to Becomes a Haven for the Family”. Participants who participated in this activity, the totaling 106 people, 57 women and 49 man, participants are as follows; National Director of Health Education and Promotion (DNEPS) to the Ministry of Health, National Directorate of Water and Sanitation Regulation (DNRAS), Vice Dean III Faculty of Social Sciences, Forum of Non-Governmental Organizations Timor-Leste, WaterAid Timor-Leste, GFFTL, HAK, FHTL, ETADEP, Engineer Female Organization, College Students Social Sciences and Public Health of UNTL.
The objective of this activity is to raise public awareness of the importance of access to toilets and actions to improve toilets safely, in order to ensure healthy is health for all.
In the intervention of the Executive Director of FONGTIL said that on November 19 every year we celebrate the day of the toilet, countries that are considered as under-developed always attach importance to the issue of basic sanitation. In addition, sanitation can not be separated from water, because we improve sanitation, an important instrument that can be filled to use the toilet well people must access water adequately.
The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences who opened the activity said that the toilet is very important for our daily lives, because we are currently facing a big challenge we see from this culture aspect in the same perspective in some communities they make toilets to wait for their guests to use and the community it self likes to throw garbage in the woods and pig pens this happens in our beloved country. Today is a very important day and it is also important for students of the Faculty of Social Sciences to know about the importance of the toilet it self so that it can expand to society to have knowledge about the importance of the use it self.
In the intervention session from relevant entities such as; National Director of Health Education and Promotion (DNEPS) Ministery of Health to talk about the role of the Ministery of Health for Basic Sanitation Policy, National Directorate of Water and Sanitation (DNRAS) talk about Basic Sanitation Policy and Water Resources and Management Policy, including the NGO WaterAid Timor-Leste (WATL) talk about the importance of sanitation for daily life.
- c) Challenges and Obstacles
- Structural changes in Ministerial Lines also impact coordination services
- Less of Public awareness on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) including Climate Change.
- The relevant of minister has not prioritized World Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Day
- Very Low Budget allocation for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
- Cooperation and Coordination Services are very low between relevant Ministeries and there is no Integration Plan to develop the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene sector
