Salah Boukadoum, the Co-Founder of Soap Hope, passionately believes it is unacceptable to allow another human being to suffer in poverty without assistance. At the age of 15, he decided his career would be as a classical concert pianist. He toured the world playing concerts in America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. While on tour he was invited by the Ambassador of Kenya to a high-level dinner where he was seated by the country director of the World Bank in Kenya.
In 2008, Salah and his business partner created a social venture called Soap Hope, a company that sells natural products nationwide and then invests 100% of the profits into antipoverty efforts for women. Salah is now on a nationwide recruiting effort to bring 1,000 more companies under this model, which he calls Good Returns, to create a billion dollar capital pool for scaling sustainable social ventures. Some Soap Hope Products
You can understand why Salah Boukadoum is definitely one of The Men We Love. To contact Salah:
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The man told Salah a story that haunted him: he explained that at least 50% and perhaps up to 90% of the aid being delivered to the people of Kenya was being lost to corruption. His story led the young musician to a lifelong interest and study in creating effective solutions to end poverty.
