Recycling Soap to Restore Health in Cambodia and West Africa: Mission, Vision, and History
Eco-Soap Bank is a humanitarian non-profit organization whose purposed is to save, sanitize, and supply recycled soap to rural village families. Their work embodies two main missions: to provide a steady supply of safe soaps to rural Cambodian schools, villages, and orphanages; and to reduce waste by recycling soap and water-bottles from hotels and guesthouses, in respect for the environment.
Their vision is clear: To envision a Cambodia in which every man, woman, and child has steady access to lifesaving soaps.
The Eco-Soap Bank is distinctly unique in that it is the only soap-recycling program worldwide producing recycled liquid soap and soap powder from partially used soap bars collected from hotels. Their access to raw material (generally regarded as nothing more than waste product) is limitless, and its impact infinite in rural communities.
The Eco-Soap Bank donates soap, and is partnered with several NGOs working to provide sanitation workshops to rural communities. They are of the belief that the provision of soap is not enough, and that it must also be paired with proper hygiene education.
The idea for the Eco-Soap Bank was conceived back in early 2014, when its founder noted a serious need for sanitation in rural communities, primarily soap for hand-washing. Collections of partially used soap bars from hotels began soon after, as well as distributions to village schools, orphanages and communities.
For more information, please take a moment to visit: www.ecosoapbank.org
More detailed explanation of process and need for sanitation: http://www.ecosoapbank.org/the-soap-bar/
Ismailimail 
Very enterprising. please keep it up!
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Samir your project is very inspired. We are also involved in a robust school hand washing with soap programme. We work with students from the age group of 6 to 10 in the rural govt. schools in India. We visit the school 7 times in a year and have seen the benefit to the children’s health. Do watch a video called “Its in Your hands”. I may be coming to Cambodia to Siem reab at the end of this month. Would love to meet up with you if possible.
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