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In a country with some of the world's worst sanitation conditions, one entrepreneur has come up with a novel way to solve the problem.
As part of its Fight for Access Accelerator, Reckitt Benckiser has selected six social businesses from more than 200 applicants to work with the company for a year and a half.
The winners will get access to two boot camps with more than 30 hours of volunteer work, and nine Reckitt mentors for a total of 36 hours of support, the Guardian reports.
Among the winners: Alora Reusable Pads: Sarah Kuponyi founded the company to provide menstrual hygiene products to Nigerian girls who can't afford them.
"Being a young girl in Nigeria and having to face your period can be very challenging," she tells the Guardian.
"Often, girls opt to stay at home throughout the entire length of their bleeding, missing school on a regular basis in fear of ridicule and shame.
Alora strives to solve 'period poverty' by producing and selling eco-friendly reusable menstrual hygiene products that offer an affordable and environmentally friendly alternative to disposable napkins."
Let's Build for Humanity: Restrom offers mobile toilets that are sold to micro-entrepreneurs, who install toilets in private homes, schools, and residential compounds.
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