It’s estimated that one in ten girls in Africa miss school during their period from lack of access to toilets and washrooms and as we know sanitary products. We estimate that this figure is much higher in poor rural areas with the vast majority of schools having no...
Photo: Imprezza School in ‘normal’ times As the pandemic continues, here’s a brief update of what’s been happening within the communities we know and the partners we work with in Kenya, and the affect on our work. With schools closed for so long and only...
image: Brian Otieno The theme for the 2020 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is to work together to achieve social and environmental justice for all. Poverty is multidimensional, so many factors feed into it and our Power Of Pads project does not have...
The theme for this year’s International day of the Girl Child is ‘My Voice, Our Equal Future” which focuses on girls’ demands to have freedom from violence, improve their skill building and progress their potential to become leaders of their generation...
‘Half the planet bleeds – we should never have to compromise our health and wellbeing because of our period’. So says Sherine Maas, Founder of Nuflo, the online retailer of reusable and organic menstruation products, and we’re proud to say, a partner of Friends...
