Donate Pads: June 2011

Monday, June 6, 2011

Last week I sent off a package of 50 pads for this group - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150098938388763. Thanks to the wonderful fabrics I got donated to me, I was able to make them bamboo velour topped foldup pads - lush!

Why Donate Pads?

http://www.donatepads.org
In many parts of the world, for many different reasons, there are women who are in need of effective menstrual products. It might be too expensive for them to buy them, or they may not even be available at all. This problem affects young women/girls in schools and orphanages (often orphaned as a result of war, or disease), remote village women, women in areas of natural disasters and even women's shelters. There are thousands of women in need of these basic items we consider a necessity.

If you've ever made an emergency trip down to the shops to buy a pack of pads or tampons.... think about what it would be like if there were no shops to buy them from, or no money to afford them.

Who Am I?

I'm Obsidian - from Obsidian Star and Cloth Pad Shop

Since finding out about the problem that exists for women with a lack of suitable menstrual products, I vowed to do something about it. So I created the www.donatepads.org website, and have tried to spread the word about the need for menstrual pads to be donated to women in need.

I've personally sewn up over 650 cloth pads to donate through various organisations. I have also run pad donation drives encouraging women to also sew up pads to donate, and have probably collected another 400 or so from others and sent them to the organisations in large shipments.

Past Projects

Days for Girls
http://www.daysforgirls.org
Sent = 29 pads, 31 underwear
Shipped = 29th Oct, 2012

Days for Girls
http://www.daysforgirls.org
Sent = 25 pads
Shipped = 24th Aug, 2011

Facebook Cambodian donation
http://www.facebook.com
Sent = 50 pads
Shipped = End of May, 2011

Empower Women in Africa
http://www.empowerwomeninafrica.com
Sent = 142 pads + 20 wetbags
(Plus I got others to make some)
Shipped = 3/5/2011

Private Donation
(Papua New Guinea)
Sent= 50 pads

Shanti Uganda Society
http://www.shantiuganda.org
Sent = Several packs of pads
(I think 4 sets of 5 pads + wetbags)

Sister Hope
Sent = 200 pads
Shipped = 30/4/10

Goods 4 Girls
Sent about 600 pads
(190 made by me)
Sent = March 2008

Pads I've made to donate: 706

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Monday, June 6, 2011

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