In this episode, Elene welcomes Anoop Jain and Anvesh Badamikar who work at SHRI, Sanitation and Health Rights, India. SHRI works with underserved communities to expand access to safe sanitation by renovating and managing shared facilities in neighborhoods, markets, schools, health centers, and other public spaces. They the current state of sanitation in India, the obstacles underserved communities face, and the amazing work SHRI and others are doing to improve the health, livelihoods, and day-to-day wellbeing for the people in India who need it most.

Dr. Anoop Jain holds a PhD from UC Berkeley and Post-Doc from Stanford and Harvard, is CEO of SHRI, and is a faculty member at Boston University’s School of Public Health.

Anvesh Badamikar holds dual master's degrees in environmental engineering from Stanford University and is the the Director of Research and Learning at SHRI.

Resources:

• Learn more about Sanitation and Health Rights, India: https://www.sanrights.org/
• Follow Outreach International on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/outreach-international

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In this episode, Elene welcomes Gunjan Veda, the Global Secretary for the Movement for Community-led Development, a World-led network of networks, with more than 3000 local organizations and international non-government organization allies across 40 countries. Together they’ll discuss the current state of poverty around the world, the issues that persist and create barriers to progress in the work to alleviate poverty, and how the methodology of community-led development offers the greatest hope for real advancement toward building a world beyond poverty.

Resources & Links Mentioned:

• Purchase your copy of We Power Our Own Change: Community-Led Development in Practice
• Learn more about the Movement for Community-Led Development

Connect With Our Guest & Host

• Connect with our guest Gunjan Veda
• Connect with our host Elene Cloete

• Follow Outreach International on LinkedIn

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What does it truly take to build a world beyond poverty?

Join host Elene Cloete, PhD, CEO of Outreach International, for a new series exploring how people around the world can lift themselves out of poverty through community-led development.

In each episode, she talks with global experts about moving beyond temporary aid, shifting the power of development to the people who benefit from it, and amplifying local voices to create sustainable change that lasts for generations.

The journey begins this April. Hit the "Follow" or "plus" button now to be the first to hear Episode 1 when it drops.

Learn more at https://outreach-international.org/

Music by: Marmoset Song Title: Kanna (Instrumental) Artist Name: Lighspeak