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During the Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management workshops last year, we conducted a survey on menstrual hygiene awareness amongst adolescent girls in Kargil. Our survey revealed that close to 40% of girls did not know anything about periods before menarche. 50% of the girls said that they change their cloth/pad once a day. 100% of them do not bath during periods out of the fear of blood pouring endlessly and believe that it would affect their uterus leading to issues during pregnancy.
Nahida (name changed) who had a severe Urinary Tract Infection was not able to share her problem and pain with anyone in the family. During our workshop, she shared her problem with one of our volunteers and our team immediately connected her with a gynecologist.
Like Nahida, we came across many such stories that made us realize that there is a lot to be done to demystify such myths, break the taboo, create a safe and secure environment for young girls.
A campaign that started as a menstrual health aid during the lockdown in 2020 has now taken shape of a long-term project to provide access to safe menstrual hygiene and normalize periods.
In 2020 with limited funding and resources we conducted Menstrual Health Awareness workshops and distributed cloth pads and were able to reach out to approx. 600 girls and mothers.
This year we plan to cover more remote areas and reach out to as many as 5,000 girls and women. Apart from conducting awareness campaigns and workshops, We will teach the adolescent girls and women how to stitch cloth pads.
Pilot session on Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights with the boys of one of the Government schools.
To make this program sustainable we will be creating peer groups and period champs in every partner school wherein these period champs will reach out to their juniors and will also be responsible for educating their family.
Why does society need to be educated about Menstruation and its healthy practices?
Till puberty boys and girls are at par with each other but after puberty girls are conditioned by society to act and behave in a certain manner and limit their mobility during menstruation spreading wrong information in the society which largely affects a girl's overall performance and severely hamper their productive years which impacts the overall workforce participation of women in our country. To break this chain and empower women it is important to educate the entire community.
How you can help us?
Whatever you have read till now is an effort of our team to fight against the ill practices and promote sustainable menstrual practices. However, without your help and support, we will not be able to continue our project.
A sum of INR 300 will help us reach out to 1 girl.
A sum of INR 1600 will help us reach out to 5 girls.
Please donate whatever amount is comfortable, no amount will be too small or in vain.
We are counting on you to continue our work and ensure safe and sustainable menstrual practices for all the girls and women in Ladakh.
With gratitude and our safe wishes,
Wave Ladakh Foundation
Roots Ladakh
Nahida (name changed) who had a severe Urinary Tract Infection was not able to share her problem and pain with anyone in the family. During our workshop, she shared her problem with one of our volunteers and our team immediately connected her with a gynecologist.
Like Nahida, we came across many such stories that made us realize that there is a lot to be done to demystify such myths, break the taboo, create a safe and secure environment for young girls.
A campaign that started as a menstrual health aid during the lockdown in 2020 has now taken shape of a long-term project to provide access to safe menstrual hygiene and normalize periods.
In 2020 with limited funding and resources we conducted Menstrual Health Awareness workshops and distributed cloth pads and were able to reach out to approx. 600 girls and mothers.
This year we plan to cover more remote areas and reach out to as many as 5,000 girls and women. Apart from conducting awareness campaigns and workshops, We will teach the adolescent girls and women how to stitch cloth pads.
Pilot session on Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights with the boys of one of the Government schools.
To make this program sustainable we will be creating peer groups and period champs in every partner school wherein these period champs will reach out to their juniors and will also be responsible for educating their family.
Why does society need to be educated about Menstruation and its healthy practices?
Till puberty boys and girls are at par with each other but after puberty girls are conditioned by society to act and behave in a certain manner and limit their mobility during menstruation spreading wrong information in the society which largely affects a girl's overall performance and severely hamper their productive years which impacts the overall workforce participation of women in our country. To break this chain and empower women it is important to educate the entire community.
How you can help us?
Whatever you have read till now is an effort of our team to fight against the ill practices and promote sustainable menstrual practices. However, without your help and support, we will not be able to continue our project.
A sum of INR 300 will help us reach out to 1 girl.
A sum of INR 1600 will help us reach out to 5 girls.
Please donate whatever amount is comfortable, no amount will be too small or in vain.
We are counting on you to continue our work and ensure safe and sustainable menstrual practices for all the girls and women in Ladakh.
With gratitude and our safe wishes,
Wave Ladakh Foundation
Roots Ladakh
