Beyond Poverty Podcast

In this episode, Elene is joined by Professor Jan Willem Swanepoel from the University of the Free State in South Africa. They discuss the issue of food security in rural and low-income regions and the challenges that persist, including economic instability, environmental pressure from industry and pollution, and climate change. They’ll also talk about the important work being done to understand a...

Every household needs a toilet, and so many nonprofits strive to provide them. But when a toilet is not connected to a sewage system, what happens when the storage tank fills up? In this episode, Elene welcomes Dr. Musa Manga, Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He and Elene discuss the issue of sanitation management, th...

In this episode, Elene welcomes Anoop Jain and Anvesh Badamikar who work at SHRI, Sanitation and Health Rights, India . SHRI works with underserved communities to expand access to safe sanitation by renovating and managing shared facilities in neighborhoods, markets, schools, health centers, and other public spaces. They the current state of sanitation in India, the obstacles underserved communiti...

In this episode, Elene welcomes Gunjan Veda, the Global Secretary for the Movement for Community-led Development, a World-led network of networks, with more than 3000 local organizations and international non-government organization allies across 40 countries. Together they’ll discuss the current state of poverty around the world, the issues that persist and create barriers to progress in the work...

What does it truly take to build a world beyond poverty? Join host Elene Cloete, PhD, CEO of Outreach International, for a new series exploring how people around the world can lift themselves out of poverty through community-led development. In each episode, she talks with global experts about moving beyond temporary aid, shifting the power of development to the people who benefit from it, and amp...