The Case of Sustainable Environment david kuria Ikotoilet in Kenya CEO ecotact Limited member, clinton global initiative africa social entrepreneur of the year 2009 ashoka fellow Using Micro Finance and People’s Own Initiatives to Propel Investment in Water and Sanitation April 8 th 2010 KICC, Nairobi
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AMERMS Workshop 8: Microfinance for a Sustainable Environment (PPT by David Kuria)
FULL TITLE: Sustainable Environment: Using Microfinance and People’s Own Initiatives to Propel Investment in Renewable Energy, Water and Sanitation ROOM: Lenana Hall Translated session: English & French PANEL: Panelist: Mr. Patrick Lumumba, East Africa Watercredit Program Officer, Water.org, Kenya Panelist: Mr. Ziad Al Refai, Executive Director, Jordan Micro Credit Company ''Tamweelcom'', Jordan Panelist: Mr. David Kuria, CEO, Ecotact Limited, Kenya Panelist: Mr. Tamim Islam, Director - Development, Grameen Trust, Bangladesh on behalf of Abser Kamal, Managing Director, Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh
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The Case of
Sustainable Environment
david kuria
Ikotoilet in Kenya
CEO ecotact Limitedmember, clinton global initiativeafrica social entrepreneur of the year 2009ashoka fellow
Using Micro Finance and People’s Own Initiatives to Propel Investment
in Water and Sanitation
April 8th 2010 KICC, Nairobi
“Sanitation is more important than independence.“
Mahatma Gandhi
inspirational thought
Facts
• Access to safe water is estimated at 89% in urban areas and only 49% in rural
areas in Kenya.
• Sanitation access in urban areas is estimated at 94.8% as compared to 76.6% in
the rural areas.
• As UN-HABITAT reports, Kenya’s slum population is estimated at 71 percent of the