Luwatala Link is crowdfunding
Weʼre raising £250 to Tailors for Dignity: helping a young tailoring group to make menstrual hygiene kits for girls in their community.
- Stow, GALASHIELS, Scotland
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Many girls in rural Malawi miss school during their period as they do not have sanitary products. A group of young tailors have learnt how to make reusable menstrual hygiene kits for the girls in their community. Luwatala is a village in Malawi partnered with Stow-Heriot in Scottish Borders http://luwatala.link/ . A gift made here is turned into materials to make kits locally in Luwatala.
If you would like to give the donation, as a gift, on behalf of somebody in the UK: make a donation to the Tailors for Dignity Project on this site and a gift card with '4 Malawi Java print place settings' and project information will

be sent out on your behalf. As well as the small gift pack your recipient in the UK will be told that a donation has been made in their name (just email ehartswood@gmail.com with address details).
Each menstrual hygiene kit costs £5 to make and are made from locally sourced fabrics. They are reusable and should last 2 – 4 years. The tailoring group in Luwatala will make the kits, with support from Thondwe Girls Project. All donations are used to support the local tailors making kits.
We would like to thank Lauderdale Rotary Club for offering to buy a sewing machine for the young Luwatala tailors - so they can set up a small business. The tailors will earn the sewing machine by making kits for school girls (who will receive the kits for free; cost of materials donated from this JustGiving site). The foot treadle machine will help the tailors build a small enterprise and local income
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1 month ago
Luwatala Link
1 month agoSo pleased to see the terrific support for this project. We can now ensure that the older girls at Mpata Primary will have kits The tailors will be able to set up their small, local business. Any additional funds that come into this site will go to the school. The tailors have agreed to give sewing lessons to the pupils and some resources are required to enable this. It would be great to see these skills passed on to the youngsters in the community. Still gift packs to send out in time for Christmas! Thank you to everyone for your support.
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2 months ago
Luwatala Link
2 months agoOur thanks to Lauderdale Rotary Club for their support.
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2 months ago
Luwatala Link
2 months agoEDUCATION WITH DIGNITY: Linda Zakina received a kit, expressed her happiness, “I am delighted and thankful for the kit because it is re-usable, and I can use it for a long time, especially during school days. It was difficult for me to attend my classes when I come to the dates of my cycle. In most cases I absent myself from classes until my time is over then join my friends. As one of the student expecting to sit for this year’s Primary School Leaving Certificate examinations I will be free to write without any difficulties”.
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Phil Petchey
Dec 14, 2020
Christmas is all about giving, this is for my wonderful Big Sister :)
£53.00
Anonymous
Dec 9, 2020
Very happy to support this valuable initiative
£20.00
Anonymous
Dec 9, 2020
Great initiative for helping girls
Denis Robson
Dec 7, 2020
Delighted follow the example of fellow Rotarians in Lauder and support the young group of tailors who will be making a difference the lives of young girls in Luwatala.
£20.00
Anonymous
Dec 7, 2020
Encouraging to see practical help in action.
W McKay
Dec 6, 2020
£50.00
Jan Connell
Dec 6, 2020
£20.00
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