Eric Stowe, the founder and CEO of the international clean water nonprofit Splash, has a plan to quite literally work himself out of a job.
Splash has brought clean water to some 1 million children living in urban poverty in places where there is widespread consumption of unsafe water, lack of routine handwashing, and limited access to toilets.
Since its launch in 2007, Splash has been guided by the idea that it should implement local systems to replace its own work long term. It has entered eight countries and exited six after demonstrating a model that is durable, cost-effective, and scalable — then getting out of the way. When his work is done, Stowe plans to shut down Splash as a charitable organization. And he hopes to do that by 2032.