Breaking the Cycle: Help End Period Poverty

Zeshan Raja, CEO and Managing Director of ZR Consultants (ZRC), has joined forces with Saleem Sheikh (Bob) at City Retreat (Leicester) Project lead, to distribute reusable sanitary ware and educational workshops to women in Kenya.

We have already successfully delivered 515 packs in Phase 1, and another 969 in Phase 2, totalling 1,484 packs.

For Phase 3, ZRC is aiming to deliver a further 1,050 packs across 7 schools (Taranganya, Nya-bikongori, Kionyo, Getongoroma, Nyiro, Loikas & SENET).

We invite you to join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of countless young women by generously denoting just £5.50 towards a PadMad Deluxe Pad Kit developed by Madhavi Dalal, the founder of PadMad. The kit provides a minimum of 5 years of peace of mind and includes:

• 2 night-time pads

• 2 day-time pads

• 1 holder

• 5 liners

• All items are Eco friendly and contain no toxins or BPA’s

Your donation also includes transportation, distribution, and more importantly educational work-shops/sessions for both men and women on women’s hygiene.

Here are some key statistics on the impact of Period Poverty in Kenya:

• 65% of females in Kenya cannot afford sanitary pads - This has led to an estimated one million girls missing school every month. Girls in Kenya will miss approximately four days of school each month or an average of 20% of the school year, because of their monthly period cycle.

• 10% of fifteen-year-old girls in Kenya turn to prostitution (“Sex for pads”) for access to sanitary pads.

• Young girls and women use old clothes, paper, cotton, or wool pieces as well as share pads to manage their menstruation, which is extremely dangerous. Research shows that some 12 percent of people living in the slums on the outskirts of Nairobi have HIV, compared to about 5 percent of the general population.

As usual, all the videos, pictures, and final reports of this project, will be available to any upon request.