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We are looking for inspired leaders who believe in our mission to join our Board of Directors. We are currently seeking to expand our board presence in Los Angeles and New York.
Interested candidates will receive Board Member job description and application.

In 2014 Samir Lakhani was in rural Cambodia working on a project to build sustainable fish
ponds. Walking through a village one day, he saw a woman using laundry detergent-a toxic and
dangerous substitute for soap-to bathe her infant child.

Distressed, Samir returned to his Cambodian hotel room-and washed his hands. It dawned on
him that that soap bar had been individually packaged, shipped in, and used once-and it was
about to be thrown away. At that moment Eco-Soap Bank was born in a hotel bathroom in Siem Reap.

Eco-Soap Bank is a humanitarian and environmental non-profit organization working to save, sanitize, and supply recycled hotel soap for the developing world. Samir accepted a CNN Heroes award for his work with Eco-Soap Bank in December 2017.