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Raising Funds For
The funds will be utilized on Project Sakhi Adivsai India with its 336 million menstruating population has problems with more than 40 % women not getting access to safe and sustainable Menstrual products.
Project Sakhi adivasi is aimed at addressing the issues pertaining to poverty, health and environmental concerns in lower socioeconomic women
Under Project Sakhi for adivasi , Adivasi villages are adopted to educate women about menstrual health and Hygiene. The project has 4 elements to it:
1. Empower the women with scientific knowledge about Menstruation and help break the myth and taboos surrounding in the topic.
2. Educate about sustainable Menstrual products. Menstrual cup and cloth pads are encouraged. Single Menstrual cup eliminates need for any other Menstrual products by upto 10 yrs.
3. Provide the cloth pad and Menstrual cups with support to use them correctly. Handholding of the women for switching to Menstrual cup is essential and under the project a close follow up for 3 months is done.
4. Create Menstrual trainers in the community for larger outreach and livelihood options.
Through this approach an adivasi women gets empowered to deal with her Menstruation and one empowered women helps in changing an entire village.
The project thereby creates a Trash free / Rash free / Cash free menses.
Environment/ Health and Finance is taken care off.
Fund Utilization in 2023
Total funds raised in 2023 - INR 34500
Project Name | Project Sakhi Adivasi |
Amount Utilized (INR) | 34500 |
Project Description | Following are the Project Activties for which the funds were used:
1) Educational Workshops: Educating and empowering women about Menstrual health, hygiene and sustainable menstrual products
2) Training of the trainer: Making Health care workers and community women menstrual educator i.e Sakhi Trainer for better outreach
3) Donating Menstrual cups and cloth pads to Adivasi women through Sakhi trainers
4) incentivizing Sakhi Trainers
4) Supporting the beneficiaries and helping them to convert in using menstrual cup via tele calling and whatsapp bot |
Locations | Thane > Maharashtra (MH),Thane > Maharashtra (MH),Palghar > Maharashtra (MH) |
Causes | Environment > Waste management &Clean up ,Environment > Awareness & advocacy,Health > Sanitation & hygiene |
Beneficiary Group | Women,Tribal community |
Beneficiary Description | Gender: Female
Age Group: 18-50
No. of Beneficiaries Direct: 30
No. of indirect Beneficiaries: 50 |
Impact | Quantitative Impact:
1)80 Adivasi (Tribal) Women were educated and empowered about Menstrual health, hygiene and sustainable menstrual products.
2)30 Adivasi (Tribal) Women choose to switch to sustainable menstrual products i.e. menstrual cups and reusable cloth pads
3)96 disposable sanitary pads were reduced / Year/ Woman
4)Financial savings of Rs. 600/year/woman
Qualitative impact:
1) Prevention of environmental pollution caused due to unsafe disposal of disposable sanitary pads
2) Prevention of health hazards like UTI infection, rashes etc caused due to use of disposable sanitary pads |
Activities Conducted
No | Activity / Item / Beneficiaries | Quantity / Number, if applicable |
1 |
Educational Workshops |
2 |
2 |
Training Workshop |
1 |
3 |
Direct Beneficiaries |
30 |
|
` 26000 of ` 450000
Raised by 3 contributors.
Verified documents submitted :
Vishal Kothari
Sachin Kumar
Vineeta Sharma