India's Tendulkar bats for sanitation to save children

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar launched an initiative in Sri Lanka Monday to improve hygiene among children in South Asia, where hundreds of millions have no access to toilets. The Indian superstar showed local children at a deluxe hotel in Colombo how to use soap and water to wash their hands before meals and avoid the risk of disease. "A simple act of washing hands with soap can keep children safe and healthy and protect them against these deadly (diarrhoeal) diseases," he told reporters.