Reusable Pads for Girls

Let’s buy girls some period kits!! What if we could solve a small problem that could potentially become a big problem? Here is the small problem: Schools are opening up in Zimbabwe next week, unfortunately some girls will not be able to go BECAUSE they are menstruating!! They have no way of containing the blood flow so they end up: Staining their clothes/ uniform Being laughed at and scorned as a result Sitting uncomfortably while wearing swads of used rags, uncured cotton buds, cow dung or worse corn husks! Here is how it becomes a big problem: No school means no education so the poverty cycle does not get broken Sexual abuse Teenage pregnancy Infections Death What can we do? We can buy reuseable period kits (see photo) for as many girls as we can, this kit will last them for 2 years – 2years of attending school can change a life. Each kit contains: 1 shield 4 Panty Liners 1 big ziplock bag (for storing used pads while at school) 1 cloth bag (We can’t afford the deluxe package pictured above – so we have stripped down to the bare minimum so at least 100 girls can have something) Each Kit Costs: $12 (this buys one girl dignity for 2 years) How? I have sourced locally made products backed by a well known international organization called https://www.daysforgirls.org they make the pads locally and can supply them to me as soon as I pay. I would then transport them to a target school. it would be nice if we could just call an organization and direct them to a need, but this is Zimbabwe, a 3rd world country with 3rd world problems. My head hurts from researching and discussing and trying to find someone who can help! No one is coming for these girls, but maybe we can do something. Why you? On my own I can supply 20 girls with period kits, but with your help maybe I can supply 100! (my target amount will pay for 80) -like most of you Covid has kicked my butt and left me unsure of whether I will be able to go back to work in the near future or not. Like you I am struggling financially, emotionally, spiritually. But I don’t have to worry about my period, these girls should not either. Please help me buy these girls dignity. Can you imagine NOT being able to go to school because you are afraid of staining your uniform? Or having to sit in a classroom with an uncomfortable piece of rag or maize cob in your pants?