2012 Clinton Global Initiative

For aid groups, an advice on exit strategy

The goal of every aid group is to work itself out of business. How can aid groups ensure the sustainability of a project once it is handed over to the host community? We asked Sheryl Greentree, co-founder of Water for Africa.

By Rolf Rosenkranz // 22 October 2012

The goal of every aid group is to work itself out of business. How can aid groups ensure the sustainability of a project once it is handed over to the host community?

We asked Sheryl Greentree, co-founder of Water for Africa, on the margins of the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative in New York.

Lars Schwetje contributed reporting from New York.

Check out the rest of our interview with Sheryl Greentree, as well as our conversations with other global development luminaries who attended this year’s Clinton Global Initiative.