This Christmas we are raising funds to make reusable sanitary products for the girls in School and at the orphanage. Loads of detail below but I f you want to know more please ask...

RUDIA-SODO Bags of Confidence: Helping Girls in Kenya

Starting your period as a young teen is hard enough. Imagine starting your period in a country where you can’t afford basic feminine hygiene. No tampons. No Sanitary pads. You have to wrap some old cloth or newspaper around your knickers. Worse, you sit on a piece of cardboard or in sand to let that absorb your flow.

You have to stay at home, can’t go to school and miss a week of your education, maybe your exams. You fall behind. And then to top it off, everyone in your village knows you have ‘come of age’ and are now a woman. Which means you’re now old enough to get married and have a large dowry attached to you.

I imagine getting your own period wasn’t so bad actually, was it?

Why don’t these girls just buy sanitary pads?
It costs just £1.50 for a decent pack of sanitary towels in Kenya. Maybe you need 2 packs for your period. Doesn’t sound like much is it? Let’s do the maths…. In Kenya, a woman working on a farm will earn roughly £1.50 a day. A day’s wages for a pack of pads. In comparison, a minimum day’s wage in UK is £60. So, you’re spending the equivalent of £60 for a pack of half decent sanitary towels. You can see why they go without….But there is an alternative.

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It’s a bag, full of the things they need to manage their periods discretely, hygienically and free from monthly expenditure. The pads can be worn inside their own underwear, washed at home and last 3-5 years. For just £10.

We have made a video of the kit here 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBQ4Ny6pGu0

Helping girls = Helping a community
We’re not buying these packs from a manufacturer and paying their mark up. We’re producing them ourselves in the sewing room we’ve set up. A small vocational training centre adjoined to Good Life Orphanage.