Mayor and Senator for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, Franziska Giffey, presented the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, awarded by the Federal President, to Thilo Panzerbieter, founder and executive director of the German Toilet Organisation e. V.
What does poverty have to do with toilets? GTO has developed an information poster that invites teachers throughout Germany to bring the topic of ‘toilets’ into schools.
Mit dem Compendium of Solid Waste Management in Humanitarian Contexts ist nun das vierte Kompendium der "Emergency WASH-Compendium" Reihe veröffentlicht. Es ist als Print- und PDF-Version verfügbar sowie über die eCompendium-Plattform.
At a congress on the subject of all-day schools GTO project coordinator Svenja Ksoll spoke in a Pecha Kucha presentation about the central importance of good school toilets for high-quality all-day care.
We were represented at didacta, Europe's largest education trade fair, from 11 to 15 February with the topic of school toilets. In discussions with visitors and experts from education, business and politics, we talked about how participation and organisation can help to sustainably improve the toilet situation in schools.
Our new online workshop for school classes explains why toilets are so important.
As a contribution to the ‘Triple Nexus in WASH Initiative’, the WASH Network, together with GTO and IRC WASH, has developed an e-learning course on ‘Building WASH Resilience, Conflict Sensitivity and Peace’. This is offered free of charge on the WASH Systems Academy platform.
What does poverty have to do with toilets? GTO has developed an information poster that invites teachers throughout Germany to bring the topic of ‘toilets’ into schools.
We are delighted that so many people took part in the first webinar as part of the ‘Toiletten machen Schule’ competition, which took place on 21 February 2024. We gave tips and showed tricks on how to make sustainable improvements to school toilets.
What does gender equality have to do with toilets? The GTO has developed an information poster that invites teachers nationwide to bring the topic of toilets into the classroom.
Together with the Institute for Hygiene and Public Health (IHPH) at the University of Bonn, we published the study ‘Toiletten machen Schule®’ at a press conference. It provides an insight into the condition and use of sanitary facilities at Berlin schools.
In May, the Humanitarian Sanitation Hubs was officially launched to the WASH sector for the first time in Budapest. The beta version of the platform is now being continuously developed.
What does climate change have to do with toilets? The GTO has developed an information poster that invites teachers across Germany to bring the topic of toilets into schools.
Why are toilets important? What does climate change have to do with toilets? The GTO publishes new explanatory films on sanitation for teachers and middle school students. Take a look!
At the beginning of this year, the second round of our school competition "Toilets Making the Grade" (TMG) started in Uganda and Pakistan.
10 years of human rights on water and sanitation ...
... then everyone has a safe toilet now, right? Unfortunately not, and access to clean drinking water is far from being globally secured. Not only worldwide, but also here in Germany these privileges are not accessible to everyone.
Even though leading hygiene researchers consider handwashing with soap to be as important as vaccination in the fight against pandemics such as COVID-19, 36% of schools worldwide have no handwashing facilities.
Hand washing with soap is an effective and cheap measure to prevent virus infections. But washing your hands properly - how does it work?
New teaching materials expand the spectrum of the education project "Toiletized World" and offer a variety of ideas for global education in the classroom.
Together with the German WASH network, the GTO has convened a learning event on building resilient WASH systems in fragile contexts.
With a pilot project in the second half of 2019, the German Toilet Organization e. V. (GTO) has successfully expanded the impact of its development education work for the first time by using multipliers. Teachers at schools and employees of supply and disposal companies are called upon to apply the knowledge they have learned in their work.
In collaboration with GIZ Uganda team of the global project “Sanitation for Millions” (S4M), the GTO celebrated the official launch of the second edition of the school competition “Toilets Making the Grade”. Until March 2020, Kampala’s schools are called upon to develop and implement their own concepts for keeping school toilets clean.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 4.2 billion people worldwide have no access to safe sanitation. Berlin school students publicly demonstrated on the occasion of World Toilet Day 2019.
In their position paper, German WASH network and VENRO demand: WASH should be seen as an essential foundation for any sustainable development.
The Sustainable Services Initiative developed a discussion paper on strengthening sanitation and hygiene in the WASH systems conceptual framework.
Press release on the award ceremony of the ‘Toiletten machen Schule’ competition 2018/19
The German school competition “Toiletten machen Schule” is reaching the final round. On the 8th of May, the jury of experts finally chose the three winning schools.
2.1 billion people worldwide have no access to safe drinking water. Berlin school children demonstrated against the global water crisis on the occasion of World Water Day 2019.
Parliamentary Breakfast at the German Bundestag: How can politics contribute to improving the sanitary situation at schools – nationally and internationally?
