About: To address health related issues affecting South African women (young and old)i.e feminine sanitation, feminine hygiene, breast cancer, pregnancy/breastfeeding and other women’s health related issues. To empower women in the communities and schools who are not able to access sanitation, feminine hygiene products and health care they need.
Our belief: We believe that lack of sanitation, feminine hygiene products or any lack of health care should not exclude women who cannot afford it. Hygiene plays a big role in women’s health and wellbeing.
Aim: We want to help women access the sanitation and feminine hygiene products they need; these includes sanitary pads or tampons, and monthly toiletry packs as part of their hygiene and wellbeing.
We want to empower women to get help for any women’s health related issues they may need help with, by directing and guiding them to the right places of help.
Ideas:
We look into having different partnerships in place:
- Individual monthly/quarterly/annual financial donations/contributions
- Individual monthly/quarterly/annual sanitary & toiletry donations
- Sanitary: Partnerships with relevant companies like Eternity pads Lil-Lets, Kotex, always etc.
- Toiletries: Partnerships with relevant companies like Dischem and Unilever, Shield, Shower to Shower, Colgate, Sunlight etc. To donate products to help us supply women with monthly toiletry products.
Education:
We want to also educate women on menstruation and to speak up about it. Young women (girls) grow up with lack of or limited knowledge because the elders shy away from such topics. As a result young women do not know who to turn to and learn from.
To help women acquire necessary education on health related issues like breast cancer, pregnancy and breastfeeding by directing them to the right educational channels and look into partnerships with similar entities.
Marketing and awareness:
This entails:
- Social media platforms
- Website
- Related events
- InspireZA banner
- Media (approach local print media, radio stations)
Bigger picture/future plans:
- Subsidy for underprivileged women for sanitary products
- Do away with tax on sanitary products
- Get South African government to supply underprivileged women with sanitary products (same as free condoms for all).
- Obtain feminine hygiene products donations and partnerships