Donate sanitary napkins to underprivileged girls Because periods don't discriminate between rich and poor but sanitary napkins do.
Menstruation is normal and a healthy part of life, yet girls and women in India go through extreme struggles to manage their period every month. A large chunk of the Indian population believes this natural cycle to be a ‘curse’, ‘impure’ and ‘dirty’ among other things, courtesy of the ancient myths surrounding menstruation in our country.
Many girls and women menstruate for 2-7 days, every month, and yet the topic of menstruation is expected to be a hush affair and kept under wraps of the ‘Newspaper’, which is given to most of us each time we buy sanitary napkins.
A report titled ‘Spot On!’ informed that almost 23 million girls in India drop out of school annually, because of a lack of menstrual hygiene management facilities, including the availability of sanitary napkins and awareness about menstruation. The report further suggests that the girls, who don’t drop out, usually miss up to 5 days of school every month.
Everyone should be aware of the diseases that could be caused if a woman does not have access to menstrual hygiene products. The issue can increase a woman’s chances of contracting cervical cancer, Reproductive Tract Infections, Hepatitis B infection, various types of yeast infections and Urinary Tract Infection, to name a few. National Family Health Survey 2015-2016 estimates that of the 336 million menstruating women in India about 121 million (roughly 36 per cent) women are using sanitary napkins, locally or commercially produced.
This needs to be stopped. Everyone needs to get aware of menstrual health and therefore our organisation is working towards empowering and educating underprivileged girls and women.
Our mission is to reach as much as possible girls and women to help them understand the importance of menstrual health. For every 30 Rupees you donate, we will purchase one packet of sanitary napkins containing 8 pads. This packet of sanitary napkins will be distributed for free to girls in, slums and orphanages. Give underprivileged women the wings they need, contribute to menstrual hygiene.
Menstruation is not a problem, poor menstrual hygiene is
