Jack Sim is the founder of the Restroom Association

Restroom Association

The Restroom Association, a non-profit, non-government organisation, was set up in year 1998 by the founder, Mr Jack Sim. The current president of the organisation is Ms Tan Puay Hoon...

 of Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 and World Toilet Organization

World Toilet Organization

World Toilet Day is a global non-profit organization committed to improving toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide. WTD focuses on toilets instead of water, which receives more attention and resources under the common subject of sanitation...

. Formerly in the construction industry, he left to found the Toilet Organization in 2001. For "creating good will and bringing the subject into the open" and "mobilizing national support in providing on-the-ground expertise" he received the Schwab Foundation award for Social Entrepreneur of the Year, also in 2001. He was elected a Fellow of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public is a nonprofit organization based in Arlington, VA, supporting the field of social entrepreneurship. Ashoka was founded by Bill Drayton in 1981 to identify and support leading social entrepreneurs through a Social Venture Capital approach with the goal of...

 in 2007, and as of Fall 2007 he was assisting in the United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

 plans for the International Year of Sanitation

International Year of Sanitation

The year 2008 has been declared the International Year of Sanitation by the United Nations in conjunction with the Water for Life Decade.The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation. Worldwide there are roughly 2.6 billion people who do not have access...

 in 2008.

Sim was named one of the Heroes of the Environment

Heroes of the Environment (2008)

Heroes of the Environment is a list published in Time magazine. After the inaugural list of 2007, the next list was published in September 2008...

 for 2008 by Time Magazine.

External links

• Biography at the World Toilet Organization.
• Ashoka Profile of Jack Sim at Ashoka web site