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Support HOPe Africa's PadAid Initiative: Empowering Girls Through Menstrual Hygiene
ORGANIZATION: HOPe AFRICA
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HOPe Africa, through its PadAid program, is transforming lives by addressing one of the most overlooked challenges faced by adolescent girls and women across Africa-menstrual hygiene. By partnering with stakeholders and individuals, PadAid provides comprehensive menstrual health education and ensures access to essential sanitary pads for millions annually.
Our MissionPadAid is dedicated to reaching 10 million African girls and women each year, particularly those most affected by the socio-economic barriers of menstruation. Many of these young women:
- Miss school during their cycles, hindering their education and long-term opportunities.
- Face stigma and ridicule from peers, particularly male counterparts.
- Are driven to desperate measures, including exchanging sex for basic sanitary supplies.
By supplying sanitary pads and offering educational programs on menstrual hygiene, PadAid not only meets immediate needs but also inspires confidence and dignity in vulnerable populations.
Our PrinciplesPadAid operates with unwavering dedication to its humanitarian mission:
- Impartiality: Serving all individuals in need, regardless of background, ethnicity, or religion.
- Neutrality and Independence: Providing non-discriminatory services focused solely on menstrual health, avoiding any involvement in political or private agendas.
Menstrual health is not just a hygiene issue-it’s an educational, economic, and social equity issue. With your help, we can:
- Expand our reach to provide year-long access to sanitary pads for millions.
- Reduce school absenteeism and empower girls to pursue their education uninterrupted.
- Create ripple effects in communities, breaking the cycle of poverty and inequality through education and empowerment.
- Donate: Your financial contributions will directly fund the production and distribution of sanitary pads.
- Partner With Us: Join our growing network of stakeholders to amplify our reach.
- Spread the Word: Raise awareness about the challenges of menstrual hygiene in Africa and how PadAid is addressing them.
Your support is vital to the success of PadAid. Together, we can ensure that no girl or woman is held back due to a lack of access to menstrual hygiene resources.
Join the Movement
Visit us online to learn more and make your contribution:
- hopeafricaintl.org
- HOPe Africa on Wix
Let’s stand together to empower girls, uplift communities, and create lasting change.
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About HOPe AFRICA
Location:
12420 US Highway 71, GRANDVIEW CITY, MO 64030, US
Mission Statement
To assist and support the elderly, handicapped or disable people veterans, refugees and immigrants, and the poor in general with the needed medical and nutritional supplies they desperately need to make it to the next day compassionately with human empathy and love giving them hope, peace of mind and serenity today and tomorrow.
Description
- HOPe Africa is not for profit, public charity organization formed to provide are the poor, elderly, veterans and people with disabilities in America and Africa needing healthcare services, medical equipment, medications-vitamins- nutrition, basic daily needs, etc. including but not limited to moral, psychological, emotional and social well-being, nurturing them to have human dignity and decency the remainder of their lives on earth.
- HOPe Africa dba AgeMates Magazine addresses seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, etc. its online - digital magazine circulated free of charge and not to be sold. AgeMates Magazine seeks volunteers in distribution, proofreading, seeking ads, stories, designs, typesetting, graphic artist, etc.
- HOPe Africa dba Pencil Pyramid, globally collecting writing materials, teaching aids, recreation kits for millions of poor rural African pupils. Our campaign targets collecting and distribution of 1 million pencils in the 24 months. Join Benjamin 1st grade and Perez 5th grade in leading millions of poor pupils globally in learning to write their future with pencils. Checkout website for more information: https://pencilpyramid.wixsite.com/hope
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
5135 Merriam DriveShawnee, KS 66203
DATE POSTED
November 6, 2024
SKILLS
- General Education
- Nursing
- Patient Care
- Healthcare
- Social Work
- Fundraising
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- ongoing, open and continuous
- Circulate flyers, organize a sanitary pad drive, pad drop boxes in offices, shipment fundraising, etc.