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若き慈善事業家

ジョン・クルーグ氏が共同創立した米Eirene社は、利益追求型の慈善投資会社で、公衆衛生、介護、教育など、10億人の生活に関わる問題解決に挑む。自らを「トイレット・ハッカー（いわば、トイレ問題を解決する仕事人）」と称するクルーグ氏。技術者、マイクロ・アントレプレナー、発明家など、９カ国から1000人をトイレット・ハッカーとして集めたチームを構成し、すべての家庭に必要最低限の衛生設備を整える方法を模索し続けている。そのほか、議会との連絡担当役を務めたり、先頭に立ってロビー活動を行ったりしながら、貧困・飢餓撲滅や、3500万人を超えるアメリカ国民の食の安全向上のためにも尽力している。

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Philanthropunk

John Kluge is the co-founder of Eirene, a for-profit philanthropic investment firm committed to tackling issues that affect one billion people; sanitation, caregiving and education. Calling himself a “toilet hacker”, he is recruiting a team of 1,000 other toilet hackers, from engineers, micro-entrepreneurs, and inventors across nine countries to constantly try and find ways to bring adequate sanitation to every home, aware of the ripple effect this will create. In addition, he is a fellow at the East-West Institiute, leading the Digital Safety & Citizenship Program as part of the Worldwide Cybersecurity Initiative. He has worked on anti-poverty and hunger issues as the Projects Coordinator and Legislative Liaison for Rock and Wrap It Up!, an anti-poverty think tank. Through piloting a federal food recovery program at the Library of Congress, and spearheading the drafting and lobbying efforts of the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008, he helped improve the food security of over 35 million people in the United States.

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