Name Jack Sim | ||
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Organizations founded World Toilet Organization, Restroom Association | ||
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Jack Sim (simplified Chinese: 沈锐华; traditional Chinese: 沈銳華; pinyin: Shěn Ruìhuá) is the founder of the Restroom Association of Singapore, the World Toilet Organization and Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Hub. Formerly from the construction industry, he decided to devote the rest of his life to social work after attaining financial independence at the age of 40.
Contents
- Why we need to talk about shit jack sim tedxsalford
- Jack sim on his wto
- Restroom Association
- World Toilet Organization
- World Toilet Day
- Professional career
- Education
- Awards and appointments
- References
In 2001, for "creating good will and bringing the subject into the open" and "mobilizing national support in providing on-the-ground expertise" he received the Schwab Foundation award for Social Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2007, Jack was elected a Fellow of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, and also became one of the key members to convene the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance which is composed of key players in the sanitation space.
Jack was named one of the Heroes of the Environment for 2008 by Time magazine.
Jack sim on his wto
Restroom Association
He established the Restroom Association of Singapore (RAS) in 1998, which addresses the state of dirty public toilets in designs, building codes and poorly trained cleaners.
World Toilet Organization
Realising the need for a global body on the subject, Jack created the World Toilet Organization (WTO) in 2001 as a global network and service platform for toilet associations, academia, government, UN agencies and toilet stakeholders to learn from one another and leverage media and corporate support that in turn influenced governments to promote sound sanitation and public health policies.
Since its inception, WTO organised 15 World Toilet Summits and two World Toilet Expo and Forum straddling Singapore, Seoul, Taipei, Beijing, Belfast, Moscow, New Delhi, Macau, Shanghai, Bangkok, Philadelphia, Durban (South Africa), Hainan China and Solo Indonesia. Today, WTO is a growing network of 235 organisations in 58 countries.
World Toilet Day
World Toilet Organization declared its founding day 19 November in 2001, as World Toilet Day and this is now celebrated worldwide each year towards improving the state of toilets and sanitation globally. In 2013, all 193 countries of he UN General Assembly unanimously adopted 19 November as the official UN World Toilet Day. It has an annual outreach of nearly 3 billions annually.