Sanitation Solutions to Extreme Poverty in Urban Slums

September 26, 2012 by Robin Eschler

David Auerbach of Sanergy is one of four co-founding social entrepreneurs who are tackling the issue of sanitation in the urban slums of extreme poverty in Kenya. Sanergy is one social entrepreneurship that is tackling this critical issue impacting the health of millions in a sustainable, market-driven manner.

David and four other MIT students visited Kenya during a social entrepreneurship challenge and discovered 8 million people lack access to adequate sanitation. Worldwide, 2.6 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation. As a result, disease and water pollution cause 1.7 million deaths and the loss of $84 billion in worker productivity each year.

Listen to hear how Sanergy is building a sanitation infrastructure in the slums of Nairobi. To get detail about David’s presentation in San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles California, in October 2012, and how you can help through participating in KIVA, click to go to our Socially Conscious Blog. You will also see a video about the work Sanergy is accomplishing.

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About Robin Eschler

Robin L. Eschler, the founder of Social Impact Marketing, started her career in developing foundational marketing strategies for companies of all sizes, from Fortune 500 to individual entrepreneurs and local businesses. She has developed and implemented international campaigns to launch high tech products and services and guided new business owners to successfully navigate the difficulties of growing a business.

Her life-long passion for helping others led her into nonprofit work for over a decade. Early on, she recognized the need for nonprofits to adapt to a rapidly changing world in which technology dominates and for-profit business practices are central to success. Her determination to help social causes in a sustainable way led to her creation of the Women's Radio show Socially Conscious Investing.

Impact investing in for-profits with a mission of social change such as the fight against extreme poverty is a blossoming business sector around the world. With the economic decline, it's clear that Wall Street requires change. Social impact investing addresses that need in a way that provides financial and social ROI.

As the Host of Socially Conscious Investing on WomensRadio, Robin's goal is to educate people about the growth of social impact investing and social venture. Interviews are conducted with socially conscious business experts including foundations and nonprofits, social venture investment firms, micro-loan organizations, investors, educators, authors and social entrepreneurs.

This show's mission is to help change the world through sustainable business practices that contribute to the economy, combat poverty, end hunger and provide better lives to all.

Twice, Robin has been recognized and received the highest honorary award that Rotary International gives, the Paul Harris Award, for service above self. Her community work has included developing local programs for disadvantaged populations such as foster children, troubled teens, and people with disabilities.

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