When Raj Panjabi fled war-torn Liberia with his family at just 9 years old, he looked out the plane window at those he was leaving behind and swore to come back for them. When Ebola struck in West Africa in 2014, Raj, now the co-founder and CEO of Last Mile Health, took action; his organization rapidly trained 1,300 Liberian health workers, building an army that helped keep the virus at bay in many parts of the country. Driven by Raj’s very personal purpose—a need to serve the community that he developed in his childhood—Last Mile Health trains and manages frontline health workers who bridge the gap between clinics and remote villages, bringing essential services to rural populations’ doorsteps.
Echoing Green supports smart yet unproven ideas from individuals like Raj, helping them launch organizations such as Teach For America, Embrace, City Year, One Acre Fund, Freelancers Union, and almost 700 others. Each individual selected for the Echoing Green Fellowship must be able to answer one central question: Why do you do what you do? After nearly 30 years of successfully selecting world-changing social entrepreneurs, our organization has learned that the persistence and creativity needed for them to drive impact is rooted in a deep sense of personal purpose.
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