MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MONTH
A$2,188.69
Raised
72
Donations
A$2,000
Goal
Did you know that May 28th was chosen for Menstrual Hygiene Month because May is the fifth month of the year and women's periods last for an average of five days and the 28th was chosen because the Menstrual Cycle on average goes for 28 days!
Every year in May, we fundraise to provide young ladies with their menstrual hygiene needs!! This is not just pads but knickers, soap and toilet paper too ❣️❣️
Over the duration of this month, we want to reach 500 girls living in the slums of Kawangware, Kenya with these menstrual hygiene kits as well as providing much needed education about puberty and menstruation to these girls (and boys!).
To provide one menstrual hygiene kit to help a girl this month, it's just $4! Imagine knowing this month that your period will come soon and you have no hygienic way of managing it and your options are to use dirty rags risking infection or begging for a $1 to buy a pack of pads 💔
It's difficult enough for girls to access menstrual pads during the best of times let alone during a world pandemic, this challenge means the number of school dropouts, rape, teen pregnancy and sexual exploitation are going to increase if we don't provide as many girls with menstrual hygiene kits as possible.
Please help us in providing menstrual hygiene kits to the girls in Kenya! Your support is much needed and highly appreciated!