Impatient Optimists
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Thorsten Kiefer

Title Executive Director
Organization WASH United

Thorsten Kiefer is the founder and Executive Director of WASH United. A human rights lawyer by training, Thorsten has been working on the intersections between WASH and human rights in various positions for almost ten years, focusing particularly on advocacy.

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WASH United Defeats Diarrhea, 3-0!

November 16, 2011 / Thorsten Kiefer

Preventable diseases caused by a lack of toilets and poor hygiene kill the equivalent of eight 747’s filled with children every day.

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  • "Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward." —Melinda Gates

  • The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.

  • "The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter

  • "When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates

  • In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.

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