Keeling Curve

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Project Summary / Description:

With pervasive poverty, poor healthcare financing and high maternal mortality, less than 3% of Nigeria‚ 200 million population have health insurance as it‚ considered an expensive luxury. Again, Nigeria generates over 34 million tons of waste yearly and about 20 billion PET bottles causing poor sanitation, poor healthcare and affecting the environment 
SOSO CARE is a low cost micro health insurance which aims to enable millions of people to own a health insurance with as low as one dollar or donate a recyclable which can be sold and the proceed converted insurance premium. This way we use one stone to kill two birds in addressing poor healthcare access, sanitation and environmental sustainability,

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Currently we are the cheapest micro health insurance in Nigeria with premium costing less than a dollar for everyone. Also, we are the only insurance that aims to use recyclable garbage to finance healthcare for millions who prefer to donate waste which can be sold and proceeds converted to finance their insurance premium and food stamps which are key problems of the poor that makes us unique. By linking garbage to healthcare access, micro capital and food stamps we are killing 2 birds with 1 stone a as the solution addresses the needs through the following: 
Access to healthcare to reduce infant and maternal mortality in these regions 
Improving sanitation & environment in slums and 
Creating Jobs for the distribution network and waste collectors 
Access to micro capital 
Access to food stamps

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