World Toilet Organization

Created by the WTO, World Toilet Day's supreme purpose is to draw attention to the ongoing global sanitation crisis.

[5] NGOs, the private sector, civil society organizations and the international community joined in to mark the global day.

The United Nations also officially recognizes this day due to the need to raise awareness about the world's sanitation crisis.

For the past few years, in the lead-up to United Nations World Toilet Day, communities worldwide have come together to organize sanitation-themed Urgent Runs in varying formats and include fun runs, educational events, toilet cleaning programs, awareness walks, carnivals and even motorbike parades.

[11] The WTO and WW raised funds for the project through various platforms and in 2016 a total of eight HandyPods have been installed, befitting approximately 900 students and 650 indirect beneficiaries in their households.