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Lilypads - tackling menstrual health issues for the women of Kenya
The Converge Podcast: Engaging stories about entrepreneurship from the Converge family
35 minutes
4 years ago
Lilypads - tackling menstrual health issues for the women of Kenya
When Alison Wood found out that men in Kenya were giving schoolgirls sanitary pads as payment for sex, she got mad. Then, she decided to do something about it. Alison tells Alex Bennett the story of how, as an economics graduate from the University of Edinburgh, she founded a business making reusable pads for Kenya, and discovered another market for her products back home in the UK.
The Converge Podcast: Engaging stories about entrepreneurship from the Converge family