# Better toilets, better life

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2014
- Speaker: Joe Madiath
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_madiath_better_toilets_better_life)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In rural India, the lack of toilets creates a big, stinking problem. It leads to poor quality water, one of the leading causes of disease in India, and has a disproportionately negative effect on women. Joe Madiath introduces a program to help villagers help themselves, by building clean, protected water and sanitation systems and requiring everyone in the village to collaborate -- with significant benefits that ripple across health, education and even government.

## Lectures

1. [Better toilets, better life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/joe_madiath_better_toilets_better_life/dfde163760a5), 12 min (TED's player)