Keeping children healthy by cleaning South Africa one toilet at a time. SJ Dodgson MJoTA 2013 v7n1 p0604
Once in a very great while I meet others who think along the same lines as I do. Which means when they see a problem, they hang onto it until they find answers or solutions.
I can't say I thought for one minute that cleaning toilets to pull children out of poverty should be my life's work, but I know the first time I heard Trevor Mulaudzi talk about it, my immediate reaction was of course! Keep at it! Well done!
I received my PhD in physilogy and pharmacology in Australia and in the intervening 35 years, I have learned the complications of physiology as well as its simplicity. I can die from a cut finger; a cut far away from a vital organ. And i can die rapidly. Children can die from filthy toilets, toilets that are attached to their homes or schools. Children are dying, and Trevor Mulaudzi and his team want them to live.
I first met Trevor in Washington DC when a charitable organization known as the Ashoka Foundation flew him in form South Africa as a finalist in a competition. He was with 3 other innovative entrepreneurs from the Continent of Africa. I had spent 2 days in Washington at 2 conferences just after President Obama was inaugurated in 2009, and I was sitting in a cafe reading through Linkedin group announcements when I saw that these 4 eminent Africans were available for interviews. I immediately responded, made arrangements for another night in Washington, and showed up at the Ashoka Foundation in African clothes. Ready to listen to anything.
