Nabeel Jaffer: From vacation to vocation

Education grad Nabeel Jaffer went to Nepal for the mountain biking but ended up helping young women reclaim their education.

Nabeel Jaffer: From vacation to vocationBy Isabela Varela on June 3, 2015

(Edmonton) When the friendly and entrepreneurial 27-year-old hands you his business card, the first thing you see are the words “TOILET NERD” emblazoned under his name in uppercase letters.

Nabeel Jaffer doesn’t take himself too seriously, but once you get him talking about his passion—a non-profit organization called the Manavta Project that builds sustainable sanitation facilities at rural schools in Nepal—he is all business.

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