As you can imagine, our email inbox is often full of requests for help from organisations in Kenya who would like to join our pad project, which wholly depends on working with others there who share our goals. So how do we decide who to work with when we are thousands...
“Sanitation is a human right which protects everyone’s dignity. Toilets mean progress and can especially transform the lives of women and girls”. (United Nations 2024) Many of us reading this won’t think twice about “going to the loo”, as we often say in the UK. We...
Tanya has worked in the non profit sector for twenty years and has a particular passion for services that promote and encourage equity for women and girls and address the causes of gender based violence. During a holiday trip to Kenya in 2023 she saw first hand the...
‘Making change one pad at a time’ is the belief held by Sophie and Maya, both pad-makers at Agatha Amani House, a partner of ours and a refuge for women and children who have suffered domestic and sexual violence. Agatha Amani House has set up the Eco...
This is Asha’s story in her own words. “I’m Asha Mukoya, one of the women involved in the production of sanitary towels and one of the women who train other women in the production of sanitary towels. I like this project because when we started, I did not...
