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Living Goods
Chuck Slaughter
Fellowship Awarded 2007

Living Goods is an Avon-like network of village-based Health Promoters who make a living income selling essential health products at prices affordable to the poor. The model synthesizes the latest and best practices from the worlds of microfinance, franchising, and public health to create a sustainable system for defeating diseases of poverty. Living Goods is also a powerful engine of economic development, improving livelihoods by providing women a reliable source of income as Health Promoters, by keeping wage earners healthy and productive, and by averting costly medical treatments.

Chuck earned both a BA and a Master's in Public and Private Management from Yale. He is the Founder of TravelSmith Outfitters, which he created in 1991 and built it into the #1 brand in travel wear. Prior to creating TravelSmith he served as a Program Officer for Trickle Up, an early and innovative micro enterprise development program. Chuck sold TravelSmith in 2004 then led the turnaround of CFW Shops/ SHEF, which employs a system of franchised rural clinics to reduce death and illness from infectious diseases in Kenya. The learnings and challenges he encountered at CFW inspired Chuck to create Living Goods. Chuck was a recipient of Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the year award. He currently serves on the boards of The Trickle Up Program, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and Spiegel Brands. To learn more about Living Goods go to www.livinggoods.org





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