Sachin Tendulkar Concerned Over Child Deaths Due to Diarrhoea
Sachin Tendulkar launched an UNICEF-International Cricket Council joint campaign for clean environment. He said all stakeholders shuld contribute in the effort
Sachin Tendulkar, who is a goodwill ambassador of UNICEF, on Monday expressed his sadness at the number of children, who die everyday due to diarrhoea. (How I Nearly Died On Train Tracks: Sachin Tendulkar)
"Around 1600 children die everyday due to diarrhoea. This is due to lack of knowledge on sanitation. I believe that a mother in the family plays an important role. She is the one who would inculcate good sanitation habit in her children," Tendulkar said at a promotional event, which is a part of a tie-up between the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the UNICEF for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20.
The ICC also launched Cricket for Good and Team Swachh campaign in partnership with UNICEF and BCCI on Monday.
"Ending open defecation, achieving sanitation for all in India, takes a genuine team effort in which all relevant actors - from the Government of India to people practicing open defecation, from role models to international development partners - play together as one team," Tendulkar further said.