PERIOD not POVERTY (SDG 1 NO POVERTY)
The lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints is often considered period poverty. It can be caused by a wide range of life events that negatively impact a girl or woman’s ability to access sanitary products to manage a most intimate and regular occurrence in her life. People with low incomes who can’t afford or access suitable period products are often victims of period poverty. Periods are a normal part of life and it is increasingly recognized that good menstrual health is an essential component of wellbeing.
It is essential for anyone who menstruates to have access to menstrual products, safe, hygienic spaces in which to use and also have the right to manage menstruation without shame or stigma.
Unfortunately, this is not a reality for many. It is not just a potential health risk – it can also mean girls’ education, well-being, and sometimes entire lives are affected. Health experts have labelled period poverty as the cause of why students, girls in particular, routinely miss school.




The inability to have sufficient access to these menstruation sanitation products typically leads to unhygienic practices, like using rough newspapers or cloth napkins in place of pads. According to reports by UNICEF, one in ten African girls misses school due to their periods. This is akin to about 20 per cent of a school year. Period poverty has placed many African school girls in a difficult position where they have to struggle to make ends meet between school and their menstrual hygiene.
Another pathetic side of the story for the girl child impacted by period poverty aside from missing classes in school is the unwholesome act of selling her body just to raise the money to buy a sanitary pad. An activity that opens her up to contracting STDs or even getting pregnant. The girl child need not go through all the harrowing experiences where she mortgages her future because of period poverty.
In our fight against period poverty, we have adopted eco-friendly biodegradable pads as against the commonly used non-biodegradable sanitary pads. The non-biodegradable sanitary pads pose a huge waste challenge in both urban and rural communities where efficient disposal systems are largely missing. The resultant effect is to have a large amount of non-compostable disposable sanitary pads ending up in urban sewers, landfills and water bodies.
Going by the undue financial cost and environmental impact from commercially produced non-biodegradable sanitary pads, our best option remains the eco-friendly biodegradable pads.

With your kind donation of $20, a young lady will get a pack of 5 reusable pads.
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