Mrs. Sophia Grinvalds

  • Beamsville, Ontario, Canada

Meritorious Service Decorations - Civil Division

  • Meritorious Service Cross

    • Awarded on: May 3, 2021
    • Invested on: March 21, 2024

    Paul Grinvalds, M.S.C.
    Sophia Grinvalds, M.S.C.
    Beamsville, Ontario

    Paul and Sophia Grinvalds founded AFRIpads in Uganda in 2010. Their innovative, for-profit social enterprise manufactures reusable sanitary pads as a cost-effective menstrual product solution. Begun in a region where the topic of menstrual health was seldom broached, AFRIpads has led the way in removing the stigma, creating much-needed jobs for women, and disrupting a cycle of poverty, lack of education, and poor health and hygiene among millions of women and girls.