Alright ladies! The day has come for me to tell you about something.
(and gentlemen...stick with me till the end and you too can help females in need!)
Last year I received the best and most unusual gift from a friend. No warning, it just showed up with all my amazon purchases and I thought what is this thing?
A menstrual cup!
She swore by it being a life changing thing. I was skeptical until I tried and heeded the warning that there IS a learning curve. I committed to trying it 3 months before I gave up on it. After the second month I was already singing it’s praises. Seriously, it is one of the best products that I have ever tried. And it has changed my life. I never would have bought it, I would have been too squeemish (even after having 5 kids), and I even humbly need to ask my cousins pardon as about 20 years ago when she mentioned something about one I thought “oh the horrors!” “how? what? why on earth?” But, it is extremely practical. and not to mention much more environmentally friendly. And for living in Africa, it has been an amazing help. Where has this been all my adult female life?!
I HIGHLY recommend the product. Like 5+ stars!
But enough about me. Sure I wanted to tell you about something life changing but more than that, I want to be able to help other women. So, I bought a couple of the cups to give to my friends here, along with some re-useable washable bamboo pads. I wanted to see if they could grasp the concept and test out the products and see if they thought they would be a help so that we could help women and girls. Getting your monthly cycle here for many of the women and girls in poverty is a debilitating thing. The girls will skip school for days as they have nothing more than strips of cloth bound together to catch their flow, and that can be very unreliable. Most girls and women have no extra money to be buying disposable pads. I have seen some NGO’s that receive shipments of donated pads to pass out. But after those run out then what? So re-useable products are definitely the way to go.
My dream / goal is to help “empower” women and girls by providing these products.
So that they can go to school every day of the month. So that women can leave their home for a days work at the market or going in to town without worrying about the logistics and inconvenience of their cycle. For the young girls I want to get the re-useable pads and for the older girls and women, the menstrual cup. So, here is the bottom line. I am asking for donations. I’d like to receive at least 20 of each product over the next few weeks so I can give them here around Christmas. We will then meet with the ladies and girls and have an opportunity to teach them about these products as well as hygiene. Very important.
So please, Take 5 minutes and give someone a gift, that can literally change how they live their life. It’s that easy!
Thank you!
Amazon.com
Choose the Diva Cup model 2 (menstrual cup)
OR
a set of the Heart Felt Bamboo Re-useable pads
Use our HOPE address for shipping
HOPE Kabanana
P.O. Box 204
Shannon, AL 35142
