Toiling to the Toilet

Kurbaan Damor, a VV-PACS Community Correspondent reports on the challenges the people, especially physically challenged, face in his village due the absence of toilets. The rolling fields and hills of Tokdijogi village, Madhya Pradesh have had to become an open toilet for the many residents of its village. Bhavsingh, a physically challenged resident shares how difficult a task it is for him to climb up the hill everyday to defecate. The residents have filed application after application and raised the concern a dozen times at village meetings. It's time to join your voice to their efforts. Call to Action: Please call Limson Damor, the Village Head on 07354669076 and ask him to take immediate action. About the Partnership: The Poorest Areas Civil Society (PACS) Programme and Video Volunteers have come together to create the Community Correspondents Network. The videos generated by the network will be able to highlight voices from the margins, providing skills to social communicators to provide advocacy tools to community based organizations.

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