What we need to do is to convince governments to not only acknowledge the issue, but to commit to taking action. Join us on World Water Day by standing together in the World’s Longest Toilet Queue. I’ve signed up. Have you?<\/strong><\/p>\nThe WLTQ event is co-organized by End Water Poverty, the Freshwater Action Network and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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