Megan White Mukuria
CEO and Founder, ZanaAfrica
Every year 860,000 Kenyan girls miss over a month of school because they don’t have sanitary pads during menstruation. Students either fall behind or find unhygienic solutions. ZanaAfrica raises funds to help stock secondary schools with sanitary napkins, and is in the process of developing a business for sustainably-crafted, locally-manufactured pads.
A version of this article appears in the July/August 2012 issue of Fast Company.