Project SNAPS - Supporting Women's Menstrual Health & Well-being

This pilot project addresses the need of 2,500 Tribal women & adolescent girls living in 25 villages in the Chandaka Forest Area of Odisha to have access to hygienic, cost-effective, eco-disposable sanitary napkins (SNAPS). Women villagers formed into Self-Help Groups (SHGs) will produce the SNAPS & generate income from their sale to health workers & schools. With access to SNAPS in schools, girls have the opportunity to remain in education (over 20% of girls drop out of school on menstruation). The project will also address issues of reproductive health & hygiene.

DID YOU KNOW…

• 1 in 5 girls drop out of school in rural India after reaching puberty?

• 70% of all female reproductive diseases in India are caused by poor menstrual hygiene?

• 70% of women in India can’t afford sanitary napkins, instead turning to unhygienic and used cloths?

We’re working hard to change that…. Project SNAPS empowers women and girls through awareness and training to promote menstrual hygiene and to provide access to sanitary napkins (SNAPS)

Please click here to download a PDF summary of Project SNAPS.

Project SNAPS has been rolled out in 25 villages in rural India to date, but there are still so many villages we haven’t reached yet.

So please do consider making a donation to help us keep Project SNAPS alive in India. Every penny raised will help improve the lives of women and girls who are continuously ignored whilst the rich, get richer.