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My Friend Marc de Hond Speaks at TED

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Marc de Hond is the son of a very good friend of mine, Maurice. They both live in Amsterdam, Holland. In fact, I featured Maurice a few weeks ago about his early education ideas in the digital world. I didn’t know then that Marc would be selected to give a speech at TED, the worldwide conference, that is well-known for “Ideas Worth Sharing.” He gave the speech in Amsterdam a few days ago.

Marc’s inability to walk due to a faulty post-surgical procedure has led him to become a super hero to all that know him. He has identified the amazing power of adaption for both his body and mind. His story of accomplishentment is a tremendous life lesson for all.

Today Marc is an entrepreneur, DJ and a dedicated player of wheelchair basketball. He also works as a television host.

Thank you Marc, for sharing this video with us.

Love,

Lois and Eliot

First Man to Wear a Sanitary Napkin

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He may not be the first man to walk on the moon but he is just as proud to be the first man to wear a sanitary napkin. Arunachalam Muruganantham of India was on a mission when he learned that women in under-developed countries around the world were still wearing rags rather than sanitary pads.

He recently told his story at a Ted conference where both men and women applauded him because he not only invented a very inexpensive sanitary napkin but is putting thousands of people to work in poor countries. They are needed to operate the mini sanitary napkin-making machine that he made as well.

Muruganantham of Jayaashree also developed a business model that allows women’s groups to invest in their own sanitary napkin-making unit that is designed to employ up to ten women. The new invention is capable of making 120 napkins per hour.

“‘My vision is to make India a 100% napkin-using country,’ said Muruganantham at a conference in Jaipur. ‘We can create 1 million employment opportunities for rural women and expand the model to other developing nations.'”

Watch the video to hear his story.