Khunapong Khunaraksa is a water leader and inspirational storyteller. A winner of the 40 Under 40: Most Influential Asian-Australians, Khunapong is passionate about finding new and innovative solutions to empower communities to help themselves. He pioneered water.org's first ever water urban utility financing program named "Water Connect" to assist those living in developing and under-developed countries. He successfully piloted the program in Indonesia and scaled-up within the country and to Cambodia and the Philippines.
He humbly shared with Dawncast how he empowered over 300,000 people with access to clean water and sanitation.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
2:08 What is water entrepreneurship?
3:47 Origins of water entrepreneurship
7:27 What is water engineering?
10:03 Water sustainability and access
11:21 Covid-19's effect on water
13:06 Khunapong's consulting work and not-for-profit work
14:30 Khunapong's not-for-profit work: water access for children at schools
16:08 Khunapong's storytelling passion
19:12 Khunapong's family and his journey towards self-compassion
22:42 Khunapong's comfort with vulnerability
24:23 The importance of vulnerability in the water entrepreneurship space
25:49 Khunapong's future plans
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