“The coordinator shared that while people come forward to donate books or stationery, few realise the importance of donating something as important as sanitary napkins. I also realised that another aspect that needed to be addressed was the lack of basic knowledge of sanitary napkins or personal hygiene. It then struck me that there are several more organisations like Thayi Mane which require access to sanitary napkins and knowledge on how to use them. We were able to clarify their questions and we told them they could do whatever they wanted during this time, but they need to maintain their personal hygiene,” she says. In the next months, I plan to raise money to sponsor one lakh sanitary napkins.

Source: The Hindu April 24, 2018 10:52 UTC