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The Grand Inauguration Ceremony of Max TapWater

15 March 2023

We celebrated the official Inaugural Ceremony of Max TapWater on 15 March 2023 at Palm View Restaurant, Army Golf Club, Dhaka. The event was a great success, with the presence of our honorable chief guest, the Dutch Ambassador to Bangladesh, His excellency Mr. Anne van Leeuwen.

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Joke Le Poole, (Chairman/Co-founder – Max Tapwater), Riad Imam Mahmud (Board member / Co-founder), Yameen Faruk (Board member), A H M Saiful Islam (CEO), and other important personnel relevant to Water Sectors along with the members of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands also present in this ceremony. At this ceremony, Joke Le Poole shared the loving memories of Max Le Poole who passed away at 8 months old due to a rare viral infection & how they wanted to bring something positive out of this great loss and prevent other parents from suffering the same sorrow. The MD & Co-founder of Max TapWater, Mr. Imam Mahmud Riad shared his journey of developing the piped-water dream, the birth of Max Social Enterprise (MSE), a business in rural areas of Bangladesh under a safe water enterprises model. Our CEO- Mr. A H M Saiful Islam explained more about Max TapWater’s works & current scenario of the company.

The main attraction of the event was the unveiling of the Max Tapwater Prototype by the honorable Chief Guest along with the Max Tapwater Board.

 

 

 

 

WASH Debate: Leveraging household investments, The Hague,

9 November 2022

Our CEO A H M Saiful Islam,  presented Max TapWater at IRC’s WASH Debate on ‘Leveraging household investments’, on 9 November 2022 at the Hague, Netherlands. 

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At this event, he shared the journey of Max TapWater and about expanding the piped-water business in rural areas of Bangladesh under a safe water enterprises model. 

Later, the CEO and the Managing Director of MSE – Mr. Imam Mahmud Riad, as panel members, answered the questions of the attendees and talked about their experiences in scaling market-based approaches in water and sanitation in front of global wash experts.

To learn more:

https://www.ircwash.org/events/wash-debate-leveraging-household-investments

 

Climate Concern to Climate Action: The Role of Young Social Entrepreneurs

24 October, 2022

We were selected as one of the examples of companies battling climate change.

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Through our participation in Youth Co:Lab we participated in answering the survey for UNDP’s “Climate Concern to Climate Action-the Role of Young Social Entrepreneurs” report. We were then selected as one of the examples of companies battling climate change and featured in the  UNDP’s “Climate Concern to Climate Action-the Role of Young Social Entrepreneurs” report.

To read the full report:

Climate Concern to Climate Action: The Role of Young Social Entrepreneurs | United Nations Development Programme (undp.org)

 

 

Max TapWater: Ensuring safe water in rural areas 

We have featured in The Business Standard; a renowned Bangladeshi daily newspaper on 5th June 2022.

To read the full article:

The Business Standard on Max TapWater, 5th June 2022