TACKLING PERIOD POVERTY

The cost of sanitary products is prohibitive for most girls and young women, meaning they have to miss out on several days of learning each month.

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St Peter's Life-Line provides 2,500 disposable pads per month to girls in the local community.

 

 

 

Note: Because of the blood curse factor, reusable/washable sanitary pads are not acceptable by the women at present - we have tried! So we have to make disposables. Because of the blood element they will never be carelessly thrown away. In most cases they will go down the family earthen ‘long drop’ loo, and in schools we will provide communal incinerators. We will continue trialling the use of silicone menstrual cups, but quite understandably some resistance to these, which is ultimately the totally sustainable solution. But… for various reasons there will aways be a need for sanitary pads.