What s more deadly than AIDS and malaria combined?
The Last Taboo - Kenya For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/64951/short-films/the-last-taboo-hd.html In Kenya 6 million people still defecate in the open. This report literally cuts through the crap to take a funny and refreshing look at the serious risks and the bold new tactics being used to eradicate them. "Shit is very dangerous to people s health", as Margaret Kahiga simply puts it. She is part of the new, no-nonsense approach to improving Kenya s sanitation. Faeces contamination kills one child every 20 seconds - more than Aids and malaria combined. But when it comes to poo, there is a shared sense of "fear, disgust and shame" within local Kenyan communities. Chief Charro is forcing his community to confront the health risks through shock tactics - collecting fresh faeces and placing them directly next to fresh bread, then asking people to eat the bread. It may seem crude, but in areas where over 5,000 people share a single toilet, tackling the taboo is literally a matter of life and death. Produced by Kate Iles. Ref - 5720 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world s most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world s top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you ll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.