by Power Of Pads | Nov 19, 2024 | Blog |
“Sanitation is a human right which protects everyone’s dignity. Toilets mean progress and can especially transform the lives of women and girls”. (United Nations 2024) Many of us reading this won’t think twice about “going to the loo”, as we often say in the UK. We...
by Power Of Pads | Nov 13, 2024 | Newsletter |
Tanya has worked in the non profit sector for twenty years and has a particular passion for services that promote and encourage equity for women and girls and address the causes of gender based violence. During a holiday trip to Kenya in 2023 she saw first hand the...
by Power Of Pads | Nov 6, 2024 | Newsletter |
‘Making change one pad at a time’ is the belief held by Sophie and Maya, both pad-makers at Agatha Amani House, a partner of ours and a refuge for women and children who have suffered domestic and sexual violence. Agatha Amani House has set up the Eco...
by Power Of Pads | Nov 6, 2024 | Newsletter |
This is Asha’s story in her own words. “I’m Asha Mukoya, one of the women involved in the production of sanitary towels and one of the women who train other women in the production of sanitary towels. I like this project because when we started, I did not...
by Power Of Pads | Oct 15, 2024 | Blog |
On International Day of Rural Women, we’d like to give huge thanks to the many women in rural Kenya, in particular Asha, Jackline and Josephine from Kakmega, who work very hard to make the period pads that are given to schoolgirls for free. All the women want to help...
