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UNICEF launches ‘Mr. Poo’ mascot in India to curb public defecation
Washington Times ^ | April 16, 2014 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 04/16/2014 12:01:45 PM PDT by Mount Athos

UNICEF’s new campaign, “Poo2Loo,” targets India’s public defecation problem with a series of music videos, pranks and advertisements featuring a giant feces mascot.

According to the campaign, 620 million Indians are defecating in public every day.

“That’s half the population dumping over 65 million kilos of poo out there every day. If this poo continues to be let loose on us, there will be no escaping the stench of life threatening infections, diseases and epidemics,” the Poo2Loo website says, while asking visitors to sign a pledge to ending public defecation.

YouTube videos for the campaign feature giant, walking, talking, dancing, singing, piles of poo, and website visitors can even play a video game called “Toilet Trek,” where players can experience how difficult it is to find a public toilet in India.

According to the website, 28 million school children lack access to a toilet in school, and women and girls often avoid defecating until nighttime to avoid shame and possible assault.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: celebratediversity; india; mrpoo; napl; poo2loo; publichealth; toilettrek; unicef; unitednations; youtubevideo
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Here is a pic of the mascot for "poo2Loo".


1 posted on 04/16/2014 12:01:45 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

What about My. Hanky, he doesn`t get the job?


2 posted on 04/16/2014 12:04:33 PM PDT by nomad
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To: Mount Athos; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows; GeronL
Mr. Poo has hands. WHO wants to shake hands with Mr. Poo?

Really now!???

Um, sorry I asked.

3 posted on 04/16/2014 12:05:17 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: Mount Athos

Third world people have Third world ways and Third world problems. Forcing them onto First world nations is an act of war.


4 posted on 04/16/2014 12:05:39 PM PDT by Count of Monte Fisto (The foundation of modern society is the denial of reality.)
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To: Mount Athos

Talk about outsourcing to India http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s01e10-mr-hankey-the-christmas-poo


5 posted on 04/16/2014 12:06:50 PM PDT by nomad
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To: Mount Athos

6 posted on 04/16/2014 12:07:27 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Mount Athos

7 posted on 04/16/2014 12:07:59 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: Mount Athos

Sharpton would call me racist, but I'd swear it has a strong resemblance to our "Dear Leader" POS.

8 posted on 04/16/2014 12:08:12 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Who but a TYRANT shoves down another man's throat what he has exempted himself from?)
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To: nomad

“Gee Kyle...you smell all flowery....”


9 posted on 04/16/2014 12:08:46 PM PDT by W.Lee (After the first one, the rest are free.)
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To: Mount Athos

I think this was in South Park.


10 posted on 04/16/2014 12:09:06 PM PDT by ZULU (STOP JEB BUSH!!!! NO MORE BUSHES!! US OUT OF THE UN AND UN OUT OF US!!)
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To: Mount Athos
I know this isn't a caption thread, but I couldn't resist.



Poo: "Hi. I'm Obamacare. Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you."

Guy: "I'll pay the fine!"
11 posted on 04/16/2014 12:10:34 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Mount Athos
somebody send al franken there in his diaper.

finally a job worth his stature.

12 posted on 04/16/2014 12:11:27 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
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To: LostInBayport

I was thinking that mascot could be useful in an obamacare protest somehow.

Maybe if the mascot held a sign saying that “Obamacare is a stinkburger?”


13 posted on 04/16/2014 12:12:18 PM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: Mount Athos
Guess I cross off India as a prospective vacation spot because of all the sh!tters.

Geez, Mexico is not that bad, and it is definitely a turd world country. Thought India was supposed to be somewhat advanced.

14 posted on 04/16/2014 12:19:17 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Mount Athos
mr_hankey_the_christmas_poo_by_gjones1-d5ookqe
15 posted on 04/16/2014 12:21:28 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: Mount Athos

I saw a film about this on Al Gore’s TV channel several years back. I often wondered, how hard is it to dig a simple slit trench, and cover up after! Is digging there out of style?


16 posted on 04/16/2014 12:22:10 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Mount Athos

Thank you ever so much.


17 posted on 04/16/2014 12:24:23 PM PDT by goldi
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

But you would just be digging in crap.


18 posted on 04/16/2014 12:26:40 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: Mount Athos

If crapping all over the street isn’t bad enough, they also dump dead bodies in the river where they bathe!


19 posted on 04/16/2014 12:27:48 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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To: Mount Athos

I quickly quit a job once because they wanted my to travel to India two times a year for a week or more a trip. When they told me I had a new job 3 weeks later.

Even Pinter’s parents said it was a dreadful place.


20 posted on 04/16/2014 12:28:11 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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