Lea Goelnitz Thank you for this beautiful Blog Post :) Translated MHM as community and social enterprise projects Kisumu. -The British organisation IRISE International maintains a small business in addition to the research, education and campaigning for menstrual health and hygiene. In the hours of education in schools also binding should be provided in addition to information. Originally, the idea to teach the girls in workshops in schools, to establish binding itself. It turned out that it is problematic for some girls in their families after needle to ask yarn and other materials. Moreover, that many girls were sewing not good enough to ensure a reasonably good quality of the binding. IRise easy pad produced reusable and washable binding in Ugandas second largest city Jinja, which should be especially cheap. A package consists of 3 binding and costs previously 6000 Ugandan shilling (about €1.70). There is a special price for NGOs. The aim is in the long term a franchise approach to develop, so that other organizations in East Africa or in addition also can produce the easy pads. The small businesses in which 17 women work is still in the pilot phase. On the other hand is worked on the ideal material, as well as selected different patterns. At the same time received several orders, including from Malawi and the production is in full swing. The company offers flexible working hours for women on the spot, so that she can arrange her new job and her family. Another product used the Kenyan NGO Golden girls Foundation in Kisumu. The organization is a partner of Ruby Cup in Berlin and distributes menstrual cups to girls. Ruby Cup is a social business, that for every purchased Ruby Cup, provides for a girl in Kenya. The Golden girls Foundation strengthens women and girls through various community projects. Among other things you are looking for women as mentors, which ensure that a group of 5-10 girl goes regularly to school and can come to them with problems. In return, the women provided a source of income. So, lights are distributed for example with solar energy, which can give the women for 10 Kenyan shillings per night. LEA Gölnitz is currently in Ishaka for iRise international on a research project to MHM. The article exploring a taboo: menstruation hygiene in Uganda explained the project. epo-de.blogspot.de/2014/10/mhm-als-community-und-social-enterprise.html
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:24:27 +0000
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