Menstrual Hygiene Day 28th May

For over two years now we’ve been discussing and working on addressing menstrual hygiene in the schools and communities we work with. Girls and women face challenges in this area of life as disposable sanitary pads are expensive and often not affordable. Girls, especially those whose parents have passed away and are living with extended family, often aren’t bought sanitary pads and are left to use dirty old rags as a means of managing their periods.

It’s our aim to give girls and women dignity in this area of their lives. So often there is shame when talking about menstruation but it is our hope that we can help remove this shame through honest and open conversation but also with providing females with access to sanitary products.

As many of you know, we make reusable sanitary pads here in Zambia to sell (at a subsidised and affordable price) to girls and women. We’ve sold approximately 70 pad packs over the last year, to the older girls in the schools we partner with, former pupils who have heard about this initiative and to the teachers. We are now beginning to get requests from women in the community asking for these pads as well. There is a great need for products like these in some communities.

If you’d like to help provide reusable sanitary pads for a girl or woman, please click here to visit our Alternative Gift store.

http://www.beyondourselves.co.uk/donate/alternative-gifts/item/3/53/reusable-sanitary-pad-pack/?a=sl