Earth911 Podcast: Supermodel Georgie Badiel Brings Clean Water to Burkina Faso
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Earth911 Podcast: Supermodel Georgie Badiel Brings Clean Water to Burkina Faso
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Supermodel Georgie Badiel Liberty, who has graced the covers of magazines and in advertising worldwide, turned her celebrity to solving water scarcity challenges in her native country, Burkina Faso. In...
show moreOur frequent guest, Newday Impact Investing CEO Doug Heske, also joins us. Georgie and Doug will host the 2023 Water Gala on Sept 29 at Second, an event venue on 6th Avenue in New York City. Building a new solar-powered well, which provides water, toilets, and community services such as a study center, costs $20,000 while repairing a well runs as little as $1,000. More than 341,000 people in Burkina Faso now have access to water. Just $10 million in funding could transform the country's water supply.
The Georgie Badiel Foundation also offers resources to help schools across the United States do fundraising and provide awareness programs about water scarcity, sustainability, and women's empowerment. You can learn more about Georgie and her foundation at https://www.georgiebadielfoundation.org/
Discover Newday Impact's exchange-traded ocean health fund and its other impact investing programs at https://newdayimpact.com
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Author | Mitch Ratcliffe |
Organization | Earth911.com |
Website | earth911.com |
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