Pride No Shame - Affordable sanitary pads

Pridenoshame remains committed to sustaining the employment of our dedicated team members. We extend our support to the child of one employee who is grappling with a back-related illness, hindering his ability to walk. To address this, we have initiated and facilitated transportation, along with consultations with medical professionals, and are on the verge of commencing regular therapy.

Ensuring the well-being of our team, Pridenoshame provides daily lunches and contributes to transportation expenses for employees residing at a distance from the UZIMA production unit. Furthermore, we actively assist in locating suitable schooling opportunities for the children of our employees through collaboration with other organizations.

Our core mission of producing sanitary pads persists, and we have initiated usage tests for young mothers in need.

We are grateful to report that we have successfully garnered $50,000 from individual donors and private organizations. However, our journey is far from over. We still need $150,000 to secure funds for raw materials and to acquire a new production machine that meets industry standards, as our current one falls short.

We humbly seek your continued support to help us collect the remaining funds necessary to sustain and expand our mission. Your contribution, no matter big or small, will play a vital role in multiplying the impact of our efforts. Together, let's make a lasting difference in the lives of women refugees in Rwanda and their families. Your support is not just a donation; it's an investment in empowerment, resilience, and positive change. Join us in shaping a brighter future for all refugee women.

Links:

• https://pridenoshame.org/
• https://friendsofhumanity.ch/

This September PridenoShame founder Graziella Zanoletti visited Kigali and met current and potential partners. We believe that people and organisations with the same values can create fruitful collaboration by joining forces.

Rwanda Women’s Network

We keep working on developing the concept and content for hygiene training. Educate women, empower, help them to build better future for their children and families – this is what RWN team is working on every day in women spaces. Combining efforts with RWN team we will deliver two days training. Trained women will become ambassadors and will teach younger women to respect and protect their body. Learn how to avoid infections and not to be ashamed of nature to be a woman.

Young Women’s Cristian Association:

New inspiring partners for PridenoShame is Young Women’s Cristian Association. Empowering teen mothers, protecting them from violence, women spaces of YWCA are islands of safety where women can share problems, emotions and where they get psychological and informational support. Here what YWCA shared through the social media:

“We were thrilled to host the founder of Friends of Humanity, during her visit to our YWCA Rwanda HQ and Gahanga sector safe space. It was truly inspiring to witness the incredible work that our organization is doing to support adolescent teen mothers in their safe environments. Mrs. Graziella Zanoletti was deeply touched by the stories of these young women and left with a newfound appreciation for the transformative power of compassion and hard work.”

Maison Shalom

Being a longstanding partner, Maison Shalom, this year will support children of PridenoShame women employees to enter public school. Even as public schools are free in Rwanda there are still costs for food, uniform, stationaries etc.  Sometimes these costs are enough to close the school door in front of the children refugee.

UZIMA pads currently produced with increased number of layers. Instead of double supe layer which made cutting difficult now we double airlaid and control central positioning of supe layer. This way we increased the leakage protection and kept the pad thin and comfortable. PridenoShame is developing but a lot has to be done in order to support hygiene needs of women refugee in Rwanda.  We kindly invite you dear donors to contribute, let’s help women refugee feel pride of being a woman, not shame!