According to UNICEF, in a typical developing country, each 1% increase in female secondary schooling results in a 0.3% increase in economic growth (Bartram, 2008). Besides, there is a significant negative effect of soil-transmitted helminths (i.e. worms) on education, by affecting learning and cognitive development among children (Bhargava et al., The spread of such worms can be stopped through avoiding contact with human excreta. Many workplaces also lack adequate sanitation facilities, affecting time use, productivity, and employment decisions, especially of women. A myriad of workdays are lost to diarrhoeal diseases - days lost or where productivity is reduced when the worker is ill as well as when she or he is caring for a sick child.