Today, we continue the conversation with a man who is full of SHIT!\xa0 Don\u2019t get mad at me Mom for swearing, Mark Balla is actually the \u201cToilet Warrior\u201d and has been advocating and changing the story about sanitation worldwide.
In 2013, he founded the not-for-profit \u201cWe can\u2019t wait\u201d.\xa0 He then joined forces with Rotary and began using his business connections to Mumbai to change the reality for girls in that region and then the country as a whole. \xa0
Did you know that of the 1.4M schools in India, 400,000 of them do NOT have toilets?\xa0 And the schools that do have toilets, do not have separate ones for girls.\xa0
So, why does this matter so much?\xa0
25% of girls in India drop out and skip school when they reach puberty.\xa0 When their menstruation begins, its just too much to go to school and be humiliated.
Many of these girls homes also do NOT have toilets so after holding their bodily functions in all day, their desperate attempts to go to the bathroom results in 50% of sexual assaults occurring while these innocent girls are seeking a quiet place to do so.
If you want to dive deeper into this reality that\u2019s happening right now before our eyes, read Mark\u2019s book the Toilet Warrior or google his TedX talk to be enthralled.
As sanitation goals worldwide continued to not be met; this linguist and global supply-chain expert from Melbourne took it on.\xa0 Thanks to Mark, he is proving the truth of his own TedX quote, that \u201cChildren are the most spectacular agents for LASTING change\u201d!
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The Goods on Mark:
* Accomplished public speaker on humanitarian issues both in Australia and internationally, ready to change your perception of the world we live in
* Founder of a charity with an international focus on improving life opportunity for girls and women in developing countries
* A deep passion for opportunities in corporate social responsibility
* Board level experience in both for profit and not for profit environments in both Australia, India and Globally
* Committed advocate for global causes that matter
* Fluent in German, Spanish and Portuguese, conversant in French
* Inter-cultural business specialist
* Extensive experience outsourcing to China, India and SE Asia
* 15 years experienced in manufacturing, and supply chain management in China.
* Five years experience with manufacturing supply chains in India.
* Five years experienced with IT supply chain and IT project management in India and Sri Lanka
* Knowledge of supply chain processes in Brazil.\xa0
* Five years of general business experience in Germany.\xa0
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Contact Mark:
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/markballa1
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0TedX talk: youtube.com/watch?v=r3xr13xFfto \xa0
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Get Mark\u2019s Sister Trace\u2019s book \u201cCycling Together\u201d at www.TraceBalla.com (based on these incredible Indian girls)
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