Menstrual Hygiene Management Enables Women and Girls to Reach Their Full Potential.

At least 500 million women and girls globally lack adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene management (MHM). Inadequate WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) facilities, particularly in public places, such as in schools, workplaces or health centers, can pose a major obstacle to women and girls. The lack of separate toilets with doors that can be safely closed, or the unavailability of …

Mission 5000: Education As Their Tool, This NGO Is Working Towards Providing Sanitary Napkins To Less Privileged Girls

New Delhi: “Since childhood, I have seen my mother suffer during those 4-5 days. I have seen her going through all the pain. I have witnessed the problems associated with the word ‘menstruation’ and how taboo is linked to menstruation. I am from Odisha, there we observe a three-day festival called Raja Parba, which is to celebrate womanhood. If we rejoice …

Seed balls to green the Earth

While Rotary International President Ian Riseley is encouraging afforestation, and urging Rotarians to plant a sapling each, the seed ball technique is quietly catching up with the green volunteers across the country. The ancient concept of seed balls, also called clay dumplings, was rediscovered by a Japanese farmer, Masanobu Fukuoka, known for his revolutionary ideas on re-vegetation of land. Seed …