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...
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...
School is often a place of safety and those girls who drop out are much more likely to be sexually abused and enter child marriages that can have consequences for their physical and mental health. Girls and young women need to feel that their aspirations are being...
If you’d really like to make a difference to girls’ and womens’ lives and are interested in combating period poverty, then our Trustee role could be right for you. You would be joining a small team who all work voluntarily to help run and manage the...
