Attending a surf trip in Papua New Guinea in 2007, Zack Parker’s life was changed when he initially arrived at the village. Greeted warmly by the locals and staying at a family home for five weeks, Zack realized how bereft the local sanitation and water supply was. Through his travels to this community in search of an isolated surf, he realized that he can enact positive change in a community he travels to.
The Walu International Foundation founded by Zack, works to allow villagers in Papua New Guinea’s coastal communities an opportunity to take the future in their own hands. Walu International employs a “Community Led Total Santitation” approach which allows villagers to become educated in hygienic techniques, thereby empowering them to start their own local projects to develop sanitary installations using their local resources and manpower.
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