Muni Kumari Gupta doing a step-by-step workshop on how to make sanitary napkins.
The community works together to make reusable pads as pharmacy stocks run out.
The idea is to make the community self-sufficient with menstrual hygiene and raise awareness to fight period stigma
The cloth pads the girls are taught to make are a reusable and sustainable alternative to store-bought pads that they often don't have access to.
Joya Pravin explaining how to make a sanitary napkin using cloth to her mentee and family
While more than 2,000 girls were taught to make their own pads prior to lockdown, those living in the same neighbourhood assisted each other during Nepal's four month long lockdown.
Big Sister Joya Pravin demonstrates how to use the sanitary napkin at a community workshop.
Muni Kumari Gupta showing her community how to use the sanitary napkin.
