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Projects
The pads fund the work. These are the programmes that work reaches: free distribution, boys' education, women's livelihoods, and a room with 5,000 girls in it.
Programme 01
Free sanitary pads for girls in selected schools and communities.
Period Access exists to make menstrual hygiene and sanitary products reachable for girls and women in schools and communities. Many girls cannot access affordable, hygienic menstrual products at all, which is why the project distributes free sanitary pads to selected schools and communities.
Programme 02
Helping women facing financial hardship build their own businesses.
Imagine a world where women, especially those facing financial challenges, have the power to build their businesses, support their families and achieve financial independence. WePower exists to make that ordinary rather than exceptional.
Programme 03
Bringing boys into the conversation about menstruation.
Walk In Her Shoes tackles the misconceptions about menstruation that circulate among boys in particular. It is a deliberately different approach, built to create empathy and understanding rather than simply correcting facts.
Programme 04
Training that helps young people understand puberty and their own bodies.
My Body provides comprehensive training on the body and menstrual health, equipping young people with the knowledge and skills to navigate puberty and menstruation confidently, for a positive and informed experience.
Programme 05
Over 5,000 secondary students a year, in one room, talking openly.
The Girls' Challenge gathers over 5,000 secondary students every year and creates a safe space to discuss their bodies, menstrual health, and reproductive health and hygiene. It goes past education into something rarer: a platform where girls are actually heard.
Filmed in the communities the programmes reach, straight from the Pad-Up channel.
Community
The same idea, one generation up. Fathers, teachers and community leaders brought into a subject they are usually kept well away from.
Health
Distribution reaches past schools and into clinics and community health settings, where the need is often most immediate.
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The commercial range funds the programmes. Buying from Pad-Up, or partnering on a programme directly, is the same act from two ends.
Newsletter
Occasional email: what has just come off the line, where the programmes are running, and when a size is back in stock.
Sustainability
The offcuts from every pad never reach a landfill. Through our subsidiary, Kommmb Innovations, they become cushions, furniture and toys — a second life for 99% of what the factory would otherwise throw away.
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