We are so pleased to welcome Simon Achieno, our new partner based in Kenya, who has been instrumental in developing our latest project and delivering the first batch of pads to girls in Kakamega County. He is a political and social scientist with a BA from the...
Dozens of schoolgirls have just received their first pack of reusable sanitary pads and it caught the attention of the local TV and radio stations in Western Kenya which aired the story. Over the last few months we’ve been supporting a women’s group in Kakamega...
A relatively small amount of money can be life changing in rural Kenya. By donating whatever you can afford, will really help us to provide grants of a few hundred pounds to women to start pad making businesses which in turn will help them to support their families....
With the world in the middle of the COVID 19 pandemic it’s difficult to know about all the ways it is affecting girls and women in Kenya. What we can presume is, it will not be making their menstruation experiences or lives any easier. We do have the very latest data...
It is great to go and visit the clinic in Buburi as it reminds us why we became involved in the first place and see for ourselves what a difference it makes to people’s lives. It gives us the opportunity to monitor how our donors’ money is being spent,...
We’ve been completely overwhelmed by the amazing results of our sanitary pad project. Here’s what a local Headteacher told us: Absenteeism is down by 40% across the school. It’s a co-ed school, and this figure is due to girls not missing school when they...
