Call for volunteers Reusable Sanitary Pads Project

CAEPA calls on all shareholders and volunteers to collaborate on a reusable sanitary pad project to be distrusted to IDP women and girls in Bamenda Cameroon who have been affected by the ongoing instability in the region and create a co-operative social enterprise that will create employment and skills training for women in the region

Many girls and women in Cameroon do not have access to affordable sanitary pads. Menstrual hygiene management is important cause some trade sex for pads exposing them to early pregnancies, abortions, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections. Schools lack adequate sanitary and disposal facilities and lack of clean water supply therefore many girls don’t attend school when they are on their menstrual cycle.  This impacts their education. Disposable sanitary towels remain costly, inaccessible and environmentally unsustainable. CAEPA believes washable hand made sanitary pads are the solution By keeping a young girl in school, we change lives and help women out of poverty 

Goal

Improved menstrual hygiene education health for school girls aged 10-19 years, in Bamenda and surrounding villages

Environmental Impact

The use of conventional disposable sanitary pads is not good for a sustainable environment as they are made with plastic which are non-biodegradable. The best solution is washable, reusable sanitary pads 

Cost Effective

Disposable sanitary pads are too expensive and many women and girls can’t afford that each month. Having washable pads will in the long term save money for women to use for other wealth creation projects and provide for their families.

Specific Objectives

1. Train 100 women and teenage girls on production and selling pads through introduction of a co-operative social enterprise business mode


2. Create wealth for women and employment in this co-operative model

Other goals

Soap production training for wealth creation

Ways to help our initiative by donating :

• 1 travel sized shampoo and body wash


• New Washcloths


• New pairs of underwear-all sizes


• Laundry Detergent


• Sewing machines


• Mentorship to teach women and girls

CAEPA firmly believes that you educate a girl child you educate a whole village and change communities for the better

Partner with CAEPA as we explore solutions for a sustainable menstrual health management in Bamenda Cameroon and surrounding villages.