A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about reusable menstrual pads. In the comments, a question came up about making reusable menstrual pads for charity.
Angelique wrote:
There was some info on making these for women in Africa, but the link though TipNut was broken for Goods4Girls.
Goods4Girls was a charitable effort that was started (I believe) and certainly administered by Deanna of Crunchy Chicken. Back in January, she wrote that she was shutting down Goods4Girls because it was taking a great deal of time (on top of her other professional and family commitments).
In the comments, several people offered to take the project over, but it was unclear whether any type of transition happened. I e-mailed Crunchy (Ms. Chicken?) to ask if by chance someone else had adopted Goods4Girls, but haven’t gotten a reply. I will update this post if I hear anything.
However, Project Thrive has a “Days for Girls” program that does similar work. The name comes from the premise that girls lose days of their lives when they are menstruating and required to be isolated from school and community; by giving menstruation management supplies, you give them back those days. If you are interested in sewing pads for charity, follow the link here and check out their work.
If you prefer to donate with your wallet, at New Moon Pads you can purchase pads that are collected for a box that is shipped to Project Thrive when it is full. Purchased pads for charity are discounted to $3.99.
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I know Lunapads was also working with Goods4Girls. They now have a program called “Pads4Girls” and also list several organizations in Africa who are receiving donations. It’s on http://www.lunapads.com and then click on “donate pads”. They have options for donating Lunapads, sewing your own or making a cash donation. Also testimonials and stories about past donations making a difference.
frugalurban added these pithy words on
Jul 15 09 at
8:16 am
Ooh, thanks for the update, S. I’ll check back to see if you have more info.
Angelique added these pithy words on
Jul 20 09 at
2:29 pm
