Meet the dedicated people behind One Drop

Emmanuel serves as a Specialized Consultant in Social Art for Behaviour Change in Burkina Faso. At Espace culturel Gambidi—One Drop’s tightknit partner for 10 years now—Emmanuel dove into the SABC waters through his work as the SABC Coordinator for the ECED-Sahel project, entering communities and schools to spread the message. Following that, he collaborated on the Saniya So+ project in health centres during peak pandemic times. Armed with a diploma in cultural administration, he has completed further training in development project management.

A team player with a keen awareness around sustainable networks of collaboration, Emmanuel took part in Lab for Change in Guanajuato and is actively involved in One Drop’s community of practice. Several times over, he has taken the opportunity to share his knowledge and lived experience around SABC at conferences and knowledge-sharing workshops, in addition to co-hosting hybrid SABC trainings. Emmanuel speaks French, Dyula, Mooré, and is currently fine-tuning his English.

As the Advisor, Marketing Communications, Global Programs at One Drop Foundation, Hermann supports the members of the Global Programs team in the content management and communication of active projects, promoting the Foundation's international initiatives and their positive impact around the world. Acting as a resource person for the management, collection, writing and editing of content, Hermann collaborates in the development of various strategies relating to events, social media, website management, and public relations, and supports One Drop Foundation’s various teams in promoting their activities. Before joining the One Drop team full-time, Hermann assisted in corporate communications, knowledge management, monitoring, and research on innovation and digital strategy in international development. Hermann holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from HEC Montréal, specializing in Marketing and Sustainable Development, and is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

As the senior expert in Social Art for Behaviour Change (SABC), Isabelle contributes in various ways to all One Drop projects. She has developed specific experience in Latin America where she works synergistically with the Lazos de Agua Program, a regional initiative that brings together WASH, behaviour change, social art and finance. Within the SABC team, she brings her expertise in integral and creative project design, formative behaviour change research (concept and methodology), social norms, nudges, co-creation, and adolescent empowerment.

Prior to joining One Drop in 2015, Isabelle collaborated with the organization OXFAM Quebec as a volunteer cooperant in the fields of art and strategic planning. During her two-year tenure, Isabelle developed strategic planning trainings for artist groups participating in a project in El Salvador. Over the past two decades, Isabelle has worked in the field of international cooperation, accumulating more than twenty years of experience in the fields of social art and popular education, including seven years with the One Drop Foundation. Over the years, her work has allowed her to collaborate with different projects in West Africa, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and of course, North America.

In addition, since April 2021, Isabelle has assumed the position of Vice President on the Board of Directors of the Société Mer et Monde, where she collaborates with a team of committed managers who carry the "being with" message loud and clear in the projects implemented by the organization.

Isabelle holds a bachelor's degree in drama education from the Université du Québec à Montréal and a Diploma of Collegial Studies in Human Resources Management from the Cégep de Maisonneuve.

Juan Clavijo oversees international programs, primarily focusing on Canada, at the One Drop Foundation. He has a background in managing international programs, cultivating strong partnerships, and developing impactful strategies across various regions and industries. He excels in complex environments, whether leading multi-country projects or coordinating among diverse teams and stakeholders.

His journey has taken him through North America, Europe, Latin America, and Africa, where he has collaborated with government agencies, non-profits, and private sector partners. He specializes in ESG, sustainability, community engagement, and public-private partnerships.

Juan holds an MBA from Queen's University/Cornell University and an MA in Social Development from the University of Sussex. He is fluent in four languages—English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish—and writes bi-weekly opinion pieces on ESG.

Pascale Gravel-Richard collaborates with One Drop and its partners as an expert in Social Art for Behaviour Change. As an adept of collective intelligence and co-creation, she accompanies teams in project design by leveraging the complementary strengths of stakeholders in a systemic, synergistic and sustainable perspective. She then facilitates the co-production, capitalization and knowledge-sharing process for the One Drop community of practice. She also contributes to the design of training and knowledge-sharing tools.

A pioneer in Cirque du Monde, Cirque du Soleil's philanthropic program, she has acted as a social artist and trainer. Since the beginning of the One Drop Foundation, she has contributed to the development of the Social Art for Behaviour Change approach by drawing on the foundations of popular education, behavioural science and the wealth of experience of the social art partners who form the One Drop community of practice.

Founder of Consultants IN©ludo, she deploys individual and group psychometric tools to build high-performance teams capable of turning obstacles into opportunities for commitment, growth, synergy and knowledge-building.

Pascale holds a master's degree in Literature, Performing and Screen Arts from Laval University. Her thesis focuses on the alternative pedagogy of social art. Her doctoral research, co-directed in psycho-pedagogy, literature, performing and screen arts, explored co-creation as an experiential device to foster intelligence and collective action. She is certified as a TRIMA consultant for the interpretation of individual psychometric reports and team sociograms.

Priya leads One Drop’s work in India. For the past 3.5 years, she oversees the management of the foundation’s projects in the country. Her focus is to co-develop, co-design and support the implementation of community-led water and sanitation projects. Through her work, she aims to unpack the complexities of gender and social inequalities while moving towards concrete steps to address them. The core of her work as the Country Lead lies at the intersection of art, community participation and WASH systems strengthening.

Before joining One Drop, Priya worked as a manager and researcher in many organizations devoted to public health and other developmental concerns in rural India. Previously, she has worked as Senior Research Officer with the Centre for Enquiry in Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT), Research Consultant with Ekjut and Area Convenor – Rural Extension Activity at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). She also worked as the Senior Programme Manager at the Centre for Child Health and Nutrition, a CSR initiative of the ICICI bank. In 2013, she was awarded a fellowship on maternal health by the Maternal Health Task Force at the Harvard School of Public Health.

She holds a Master's degree in Social Work from Delhi University and a Master's degree in Gender and Development from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

Samuel works hand in hand with our partners in the co-creation of social artworks for behavioural change. Passionate about experiential learning and collective creation processes, he seeks to empower the protagonists of ongoing projects by facilitating collective intelligence around existing issues.

He has gained recognition for his creativity and his ability to facilitate large-scale unifying projects. He has contributed to several innovative international development projects in Africa and Asia, as well as in Indigenous communities in Canada. For nearly 15 years, he has sought to create positive changes in individuals and communities through art.

A circus artist and musician himself, Samuel trained at the Gaspé Circus School and the National Circus School. Samuel has spent much of his life abroad performing in the street and mobilizing different communities around art. He is an experienced manager in various local and international community-based organizations. He has also worked for various projects around the world as a trainer for Cirque du Soleil's Cirque du Monde programs.

Since 2017, Santiago has served as Project Manager for One Drop where he currently provides management oversight and leads coordination efforts for three projects within the Lazos de Agua program in Colombia and Paraguay.

Santiago is an engineer and a project manager with more than 15 years of experience in the design and implementation of environmental and water related projects in the private, public, academic and nonprofit sectors. Santiago has also served as a professor and researcher on topics related to water treatment and management for over 11 years in various Colombian universities at the undergraduate and graduate levels. As a consultant, he has led the design and assembly of hundreds of water treatment systems and the implementation of water, sanitization and hygiene (WASH) projects at both the regional and national level throughout Colombia. Santiago has also pursued various entrepreneurial ventures and built three engineering companies during his career.

Santiago holds a master’s of Science in Engineering with emphasis in water treatment from the University of Antioquia and an engineering degree in environmental sciences.

Sunayana Wadhawan joined the One Drop Foundation’s team as the SABC expert in India in 2020. While primarily working with our partners on developing SABC strategies and interventions involving different contemporary, traditional and digital artists and art forms, Sunayana also contributes to the country’s strategy for India. She has a natural gift of encouraging community participation and is very spirited towards empowering local artists to become Agents of Change.

Before joining One Drop, Sunayana has worked with NGOs and community-based organizations in India towards participatory research and community-led initiatives for over 10 years on housing, water, sanitization and hygiene (WASH) and basic services, childcare, public transport, gender justice and human rights. Throughout her work, the focus has been building community knowledge and media, and she has been a strong advocate of the power of art to bring positive change. She has also worked as a translator with UN Women, the BBC radio and she also coordinated production for radio programs. Her passion and organizational skills have also brought her to contribute to music festivals like the first MTV India Music Summit in 2017, youth festivals for sustainability and more.

In addition to all she does with One Drop, Sunayana also does volunteer work with survivors of violence and marginalized folk artists. She also has a keen interest in music and poetry and is a musician and composer too.

Sunayana holds a master's degree in Political Studies from the Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, and an Honours bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Lady Shri Ram College for Women at the University of Delhi in New Delhi.

Tania leads a team of Social Art for Behaviour Change experts at One Drop. She and the SABC team members are passionate social arts experts who co-design behaviour change interventions with local partners and artists. They accompany local change by ensuring that creativity and emotion are at the heart of individual and collective transformation. In addition to her contributions to the development of the SABC approach, she also organized 5 international events that brought together hundreds of people from around the world in a community of practice where peers exchange and share experiences. She has delivered workshops and presentations at various international events and most recently created an online course on the SABC approach that is accessible to anyone who wants to understand better the links between systemic change, water, hygiene and sanitation, and behaviour. She brings 25 years of international development experience to the team, having worked in many different contexts. She speaks three languages.

A strong team player, Tania has a particular talent for bringing people together to achieve a common goal. Whether it's breaking down barriers in the office or in the communities in which she works, her ability to connect people is put into practice every day in her role as Director of Social Art for Behaviour Change.

Tania also leads Matter of Art, a One Drop service offering that uses social art to drive behavior change and enhance project impact.

Tania holds a master's degree in Sociology with a specialization in International Development from the University of Ottawa, as well as a bachelor's degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Laval University.