Lieselotte (Lisa) Heederik, co-founder and CEO of Nazava Water Filters, is a Development Expert in Micro Finance and Women Empowerment.

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In 2007 she moved to Indonesia to provide relief aid after the Tsunami. Whilst living in Banda Aceh, she did not have a piped connection and the well water was dirty. Realizing the difficulty in obtaining safe drinking water and the enormous need for affordable purification solutions., she co-founded Nazava Water Filters. Nazava’s mission is to empower women to purify their water to make it safe to drink, thereby increasing their savings with 1 monthly income and reducing Co2 emissions. 

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Nazava has operations in Indonesia, Kenya and Ethiopia and works with global distributors such as Unicef. Nazava Water Filters are one of the few products certified by WHO for bacterial removal. To date Nazava is a profitable business and has impacted over 1,000,000 people in over 50 countries with access to safe, affordable drinking water. By 2030 Nazava aims to be the Nr 1 Leader in Household water filters for the Base of the Pyramid, impacting 10 million people. 

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Lieselotte has been recognized as Dutch Student of the Year 2004, Winner of the Tech Awards, Ashden Awards and Winner of the Bayer Social Innovation Award 2022. In 2022 Lieselotte was recognized on the Meaningful Business 100, which celebrates leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the SDGs. In 2023 Nazava was a winner and Top Innovator in the Humanitarian Impact and Resilience Challenge organized by Uplink and the World Economic Forum.