[hotcool]

This is a wonderful idea, but sanitation and health rights goes hand-in-hand with civic duty to where one lives and works. It's not just the responsibility of governments to keep an environment safe and clean. Citizens must do their part, such as minimize their ecological footprint, pick up litter in their communities, be a good neighbour and so on.

A sense of civic duty seems to be amiss nowadays. Just look at the streets strewn with litter, or the runaway urban sprawl by rich land developers who have no regard for natural habitats.

We can't just throw money at the problem. That's not sustainable. People need to be educated to take responsibility for their surroundings.

We all have an impact on the environment. We all have a say. It is our world.

[avip]

This may be true on some poetic level, but helps little the Indian kid who has to urinate somewhere.

[hotcool]

I'll reword my comment since you seemed to miss the point: Civic duty goes hand-in-hand with sanitation and health rights. Otherwise, it is unsustainable, even counter-productive to provide toilets for an Indian population that will not use them or maintain them.

[sanrights]

We also value the civic engagement component of our work! We've seen the members of the communities where we work to be highly motivated to advocate for themselves to get their local representatives to build the toilets as promised in Swachh Bharat.

[hotcool]

I love your optimism and motivation to make life better for others. You are a true leader and an inspiration!