By Shana Greene | Executive Director
Dear Supporter,
I can only assume that buying hygiene products is taken for granted for most of us. When I first understood that not being able to buy sanitary pads were keeping girls from going to school therefore affecting their education, causing terrible stress, and worst-case scenario, girls and women were prostituting themselves to buy pads, I was horrified at the thought of so many suffering due to lack of a simple solution.
While cloth pads can be used but women and girls in rural communities often lack clean water to wash them and privacy to dry them in the sun. Without soap and sun, bacteria builds up and the cloth pad can do more harm than good. By purchasing biodegradable sanitary pads made by disenfranchised women in India and Kenya, you not only support young girls in school, but the women who make them.
The sanitary pad companies have been operating during COVID except for a few weeks of lockdown and they are proud of their company. We have continued to donate to buy pads purchased by donors like you.
And so, we ask for your help to sign on for a small monthly donation to keep girls feeling confident and supported by the kindness of strangers.
Thank you!
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