defecation (Spears, Ghosh, & Cumming, 2013). Other sources mention cholera as a possible concern (UN, 2013). As Mitch Koss, Special Reporter to the Pulitzer Center and member of the team which has been investigating open defecation, and who makes Vanguard documentaries for explained: Current TV,” Open defecation—humans defecating outside—is the ugly stepsister of clean water scarcity, which we commemorate on World Water Day. Two-and-half billion people lack access to even simple pit toilets, which is three times as many people as lack access to clean drinking water and results in two million preventable deaths per year, mostly of children under five from intestinal diseases. And yet, you don't hear much about it. Jack Sim, the self-described "evangelist of toilets," from the World Toilet Organization, theorizes that's because "every politician wants to be photographed standing next to a new well, but no one wants to be photographed standing next to a new toilet." And without some portion of the powers that be to drive a story, coverage becomes scarce. (Koss, 2010) The story is crucial to the cure. Empathy for the is necessary in order people’s plight to expose the problem and encourage solutions. Of course, hearing the story does not necessarily move the receiver of the story to a holistic understanding of the situation. Some theories already advocate the collection of narratives from the point of view in subaltern’s order to move beyond traditional thinking (e.g., western solutions to eastern problems) and we believe this is a step in the right direction. An example of such work falls under the approach (e.g., Basu & Dutta, 2007; Dutta-Bergman, 2004; Jamil & Dutta, 2012). The culture-centered approach has certainly invoked empathic criteria at its very core by collecting the narratives of marginalized members of society within specific cultural
defecation (Spears, Ghosh, & Cumming, 2013). Other sources mention cholera as a possible concern (UN, 2013). As Mitch Koss, Special Reporter to the Pulitzer Center and member of the Vanguard team which has been investigating open defecation, and who makes documentaries for Current TV,” explained: Open defecation—humans defecating outside—is the ugly stepsister of clean water scarcity, which we commemorate on World Water Day. Two-and-half billion people lack access to even simple pit toilets, which is three times as many people as lack access to clean drinking water and results in two million preventable deaths per year, mostly of children under five from intestinal diseases. And yet, you don't hear much about it. Jack Sim, the self-described "evangelist of toilets," from the World Toilet Organization, theorizes that's because "every politician wants to be photographed standing next to a new well, but no one wants to be photographed standing next to a new toilet." And without some portion of the powers that be to drive a story, coverage becomes scarce. (Koss, 2010) The story is crucial to the cure. Empathy for the people’s plight is necessary in order to expose the problem and encourage solutions. Of course, hearing the story does not necessarily move the receiver of the story to a holistic understanding of the situation. Some theories already advocate the collection of narratives from the subaltern’s point of view in order to move beyond traditional thinking (e.g., western solutions to eastern problems) and we believe this is a step in the right direction. An example of such work falls under the approach (e.g., Basu & Dutta, 2007; Dutta-Bergman, 2004; Jamil & Dutta, 2012). The culture-centered approach has certainly invoked empathic criteria at its very core by collecting the narratives of marginalized members of society within specific cultural