In this tenth interview of the “17 Rooms” podcast, Letitia Obeng and Jennifer Sara discuss reframing sanitation from “out of sight and out of mind” to a resource for humankind. Obeng, chair at the Water Integrity Network and Sara, global director of the Water Global Practice at the World Bank, moderated Room 6 focused on Sustainable Development Goal number 6—on clean water and sanitation—during the 2021 17 Rooms flagship process.
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PodcastMaking human waste a resource at scale
Zia Khan,
Zia Khan
Senior Vice President for Innovation
- The Rockefeller Foundation
@ziakhannyc
John W. McArthur,
John W. McArthur
Director
- Center for Sustainable Development,
Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development
@mcarthur
Letitia Obeng, and
Letitia Obeng
Chair
- Water Integrity Network
Jennifer Sara
Jennifer Sara
Global Director
- Water Global Practice, World Bank
January 4, 2022