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Solving the sanitation crisis

John Kluge Jr. |

TED@Unilever

• September 2014

The lack of private and fully functioning toilets threatens the health and welfare of too many people. John Kluge, co-founder of Toilet Hackers, explains that access to toilets affects everything from education to the economy, and offers some workable solutions to address the crisis.

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The lack of private and fully functioning toilets threatens the health and welfare of too many people. John Kluge, co-founder of Toilet Hackers, explains that access to toilets affects everything from education to the economy, and offers some workable solutions to address the crisis.

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About the speaker

John Kluge Jr.

Global hygienist

John Kluge Jr. is an entrepreneur who started for-profit angel investment firm, Eirene, to support issues that will impact at least one billion people. He also co-founded Toilet Hackers, a non-profit organization committed to raising awareness and providing access to dignified sanitation to the 2.5 billion people without a toilet. Kluge espouses a PhilanthroPunk philosophy -- punk rock attitude applied to philanthropy at a mass scale.

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