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Name
Samir Lakhani
Title
Founder, Eco-Soap Bank
Bio
Samir Lakhani is the Founder and Executive Director of Eco-Soap Bank.
He 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.
With Eco-Soap Bank, the organization employs 154 women in 13 countries to recycle soap and has reached 3.5 million children with soap and education.
Samir received a CNN Heroes Award for Eco-Soap Bank in 2017, a Unilever Young
Entrepreneurs award in 2018, and Forbes 30 under 30 award. He also recently gave a TEDx Talk.
He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and currently lives in Pittsburgh, PA.
He 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.
With Eco-Soap Bank, the organization employs 154 women in 13 countries to recycle soap and has reached 3.5 million children with soap and education.
Samir received a CNN Heroes Award for Eco-Soap Bank in 2017, a Unilever Young
Entrepreneurs award in 2018, and Forbes 30 under 30 award. He also recently gave a TEDx Talk.
He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and currently lives in Pittsburgh, PA.
