In pictures: Building toilets in Peru


According to the United Nations, more than five million children die every year of diseases such as diarrhoea.

This is because local water supplies become contaminated where there is little or no access to decent sanitation facilities like toilets and wash basins.

It is estimated that 2.5 billion people around the world lack proper access to toilets.

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