Ep. 156 Eco-Soap Bank with Samir Lakhani

This conversation is an inquiry into our collective garbage problem. More so the lack of proper, holistic planning in the distribution and shipping cycles of materials, objects and the stuff we use on a daily. Sami and his story are about SOAP. One of the most simple necessities in everyones life. About 5 Million blocks of Soap get thrown out every day, in the global hotel complex alone. Samir Lakhani is a social entrepreneur dedicated to restoring health and dignity to developing countries. Before founding Eco-Soap Bank in 2014, Samir was deeply involved in aquaculture and nutrition projects in northern Cambodian villages. He has also developed solar lighting solution projects in Cambodia, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Through his six years of nonprofit work in the areas of nutrition, water accessibility, and sanitation/hygiene, he has witnessed firsthand how delivering key products like soap transform the health and well-being of impoverished communities.

Samir received a CNN Heroes Award for Eco-Soap Bank in 2017 and a Unilever Young Entrepreneurs award in 2018. He also recently gave a TEDx Talk.

He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and currently lives in Pittsburgh, PA.

If you want to be part of the big solution Samir is creating, reach out here: samir@ecosoapbank.org