Author: sbirch

Far too often we associate leadership with power, status, and authority.  But with this narrow outlook, we often tend to forget about the leaders closest to us: local leaders. These local leaders, the people who care deeply about community issues, who implement initiatives and who shape local development, represent a huge window of opportunity for global social change.  With their direct contact with communities, local leaders are uniquely positioned to push forward ideas, galvanize others and create immediate social impact.  And we believe that harnessing this opportunity is key to fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Local leaders are...

To accelerate the achievement of the SDGs, public-private partnerships need to be strengthened so that private sector actors can fill the gaps in public industrial framework and make sanitation products sustainable and scalable for everyone.

A huge generation of youth and energy is ready to help change our world for the better if we arm them with the knowledge and the tools to do it.