It was an honour to be invited into this conversation by Anton Xavier and fitting that it took place in the week that ColaLife closed down. I hope what comes across is that WHAT you do is important, but HOW you do it is even more important if you want to effect sustainable change.
It is significant that, although ColaLife started as an initiative to improve access to co-packaged ORS and Zinc through the private sector (which it did), it ended up institutionalising free distribution by the government.
I’d love to continue this conversation with external actors and donors that support international development.
