5. × Promote Justice and Social Change
× Is an agent of balance in the prevailing social
tensions
× Uses their skills to address social problems
So, according to this definition by the Canadian
Labour Department…
13. 36%Of girls rarely go to
school during
menstruation
84%Of the times, this leads to
severe clinical complications
300millionWomen & girls do not have
access to menstrual hygiene
products and use old rags,
sand, ash, dry leaves
14. × Hails from Coimbatore, India – Textile Hub
× Inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad
making machine
× Manufacture sanitary pads for less than
3rd of the cost of commercial pads
×Arunachalam’s machine creates jobs and
income for many women, and affordable
pads enable many more women to earn
their livelihood during menstruation
17. × When he started out in 1998, his wife
left him
× By 2004, he was being called a mad-
man by his family
× In 2014, TIME magazine placed him
in its list of 100 Most Influential
People in the World
× In 2016, he was awarded Padma Shri
by the Government of India
18. “Magic happens when you
don't give up, even though
you want to. The universe
always falls in love with a
stubborn heart.”