A community project : Improving access to clean water
More than 1 Billion individuals on this planet lack access to safe drinking water. In Indonesia, 20,000 children under 5 die each year from waterborne diseases like diarrhea. Access to clean water is a human right, and because so many people lack access to it. I created a social enterprise to distribute affordable ceramic water filters to villagers. Clean water has a huge impact for local rural communities: you directly improve health and income. Come and listen to my story and see how you can contribute.
What People Will Learn:
. Knowledge about a local sustainable community project
. How a simple low cost technology can have a huge impact on health, environment, economics
. Get inspired and motivated to contribute
About the speaker:
Originally from the Netherlands, Jeroen van Overbeek comes to the project with over 20 years of international business experience. He was Vice-President for Europe, Middle-East and Africa for an English corporation, which manufactures yeast and bakery ingredients. Based in Dublin, Jeroen managed 800 employees spread over 9 countries in charge of a $260 million business. He holds an MBA from Rutgers University.
After having spent 20 years in the corporate world, Jeroen experienced a shift—he wanted to give new meaning to his life and focus on humanist values. He was helping companies make money, but he wasn’t helping people. He realized there had to be a better way to use his business skills. He decided to start his own business and moved to Indonesia in 2013. Jeroen believes access to clean water is a human right, and because so many people lack access to it, he created Social ImpaKt, a social enterprise to distribute safe, affordable, and high impact ceramic water filters to villagers in Indonesia.
www.social-impakt.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroen-van-overbeek-38245a/
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This event is for free and open to public. Limited to 20 place. If you want to join this event, please register at the Dojo Front Desk or send us an email to rsvp@dojobali.org
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