Africa innovates Magazine -AI4DEV - Flipbook - Page 38
AFRICA INNOVATES
Madagascar
We should put out fire
while it is still small
African Proverb
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G R E E N N KO O K
S O A P- M A K I N G
RECYCLING OIL
TO MAKE NORINSE SOAPS
In Madagascar, 3 people out of 4 have no access to either water or soap
(UNICEF) and many lost their jobs in Antananarivo due to lockdown. In
a win-win solution, Green N Kook, an association of young environmental
activists, is collecting and recycling waste oil to make no-rinse soap. They are
involving vulnerable households in the project. An app is being produced to
facilitate waste oil collections. This project won 5th prize at the Global Hack
last April.
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