A Scalable Solution to Contaminated Water
Interview with EcoFiltro CEO Philip Wilson CEO and founder of EcoFiltro, Philip Wilson, sharing filtered water with schoolchildren in Guatemala Last week, as part of our continuing series to learn and highlight the work the tech innovators and startups are carrying out in many of the same communities that Partners of the Americas strives to empower, our AFS intern Mitchell Opatowsky interviewed Benjamin Bunker, CEO and Founder of Global BrightLight Foundation. After learning more about the foundation’s efforts to bring solar-powered electricity to marginalized rural localities in Guatemala, Ben mentioned that there other innovative businesses trying to address other challenges afflicting the farming localities where we carry out our work. He recommended that we reach out to EcoFiltro, a socially-minded company that sells ceramic pot water filters in Guatemala and recently expanded to Mexico, Honduras, and Costa Rica. This week, Mitchell had the opportunity to speak with