The vision is not just about hygiene - it is about fostering employment. Please watch http://www.ted.com/talks/arunachalam_muruganantham_how_i_started_a_sanitary_napkin_revolution.html and share its details with people who might benefit from it.
When he realized his wife had to choose between buying family meals and buying her monthly "supplies," Arunachalam Muruganantham vowed to help her solve the problem of the sanitary pad. His research got very very personal -- and led him to a powerful business model. (Filmed in Bangalore as part of the TED Global Talent Search.)
Arunachalam Muruganantham created a system of simple machines to make modern sanitary napkins -- giving millions of women in his home country and around the world access to hygiene.
From http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19095641
Right now, he tells me, only 2% of women in India's countryside use sanitary towels; the vast majority use unhygienic rags to deal with their periods.
The Indian health authorities believe that increases the risk of reproductive tract infections which put women's health in danger.
"I am going to make India, my country, a place where 100% of women use sanitary napkins."
He suggests that might create no fewer than a million new jobs. The vision is not just about hygiene - it is about fostering employment.
I've also shared this in the "How to Succeed in the Markets of Poverty, Ignorance and Injustice?" LinkedIn discussion on http://lnkd.in/NiE4Fp.
Great contribution! We all can share this to reach the women who would benefit from this even if through our mothers, sisters, daughters, aunts, friends and others. Please do so!
