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Menstrual Health Management

Project  —  www.projectkiliforkids.org/menstrual-health

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Area: 5888268 km2
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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: United Republic of Tanzania
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Project SDGs:
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Increase Access to Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (SDG 6.1 & 6.2)
Stakeholder Participation (SDG 6.b)
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Hygiene
Women & Water
Leaving No One Behind
Progress to Date: NA Number of women provided with MHM resources
Services Needed: Communications & outreach
Financial support
Desired Partners: City
NGO / Civil Society
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Apr. 01, 2018  »  Ongoing
Project Website: www.projectkiliforkids.org/menstrual-health
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Inadequate access to hygiene services, REPUTATION: Consumer behavior
Additional Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users, Raised awareness of challenges among local authorities
Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Planning & Implementation Time: 6 - 12 months
Primary Funding Source: pool
Project Challenges: RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources
Project Source: User
Profile Completion: 92%

Project Overview

Using Project Kilimanjaro’s model of ethical program intervention, we aim to supplant menstrual hygiene kits with accurate menstrual health cycle management information that allows young women to manage their menstrual cycles with dignity. Project Kilimanjaro has created MHM separate curriculums and will be implementing these curriculums alongside menstrual hygiene resources in groups of women with intellectual disabilities, women that identify as trans/non-binary, and women…

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Using Project Kilimanjaro’s model of ethical program intervention, we aim to supplant menstrual hygiene kits with accurate menstrual health cycle management information that allows young women to manage their menstrual cycles with dignity. Project Kilimanjaro has created MHM separate curriculums and will be implementing these curriculums alongside menstrual hygiene resources in groups of women with intellectual disabilities, women that identify as trans/non-binary, and women from culturally sensitive populations.

We are working closely with regional grassroots organizations to create partnerships between local corporations and underserved communities in an effort to increase industry and accessibility to healthcare. Our approach uses a co-design process with communities and grassroots organizations to design solutions that are culturally sensitive and cater to the genuine needs that each community faces. As we continue to iterate our solutions, we do so continuously learning from and collaborating with female participants and community members to ensure that any devised solution is catered sensitively to the culture of the region.

Women from Indigenous Populations

  1. Women in LMICs
  2. Women that identify as trans/non-binary
  3. Women with intellectual disabilities

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Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Inadequate access to hygiene services, REPUTATION: Consumer behavior
Project Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users, Raised awareness of challenges among local authorities
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Months & Implementing: 6 - 12 months
Primary Funding Source: Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners)
Challenges: RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources

Project Narrative

By working closely with secondary schools in Tanzania and grassroots organization Elle Peut Naidim, we hosted a variety of programs on the topic of menstrual health management for women in low-income communities and indigenous populations. By implementing strict evaluation and monitoring protocols, and collecting feedback over the course of several months we have co-designed a curriculum for menstrual health management specifically for young girls in these communities. We work with local corporations to help boost regional industry and create a sustainable flow of information and finances - creating a B2B and B2C partnership between corporations, grassroots foundations, and community members. biodegradable_sanitary_napkin_-x449.JPG Our project in India encompass the issues that women in rural regions face with clean water inaccessibility which leads to increased rates of infection due to improper disposal, reuse, or cleaning of sanitary products. By creating units in isolated communities that produce BananaPads, biodegradable sanitary napkins out of banana fibers which is a resource that is plentiful in the region, Project Kilimanjaro will help sustainably increase ownership and understanding of women’s health resources by community members while simultaneously increase employment of women within the community itself. Employed by affiliates of Project Kilimanjaro that are local to the area of impact, a portion of the product developed is sent to HQ to market and distribute to other communities. We hope to give women greater control over their own healthcare through this process. To scale the impact, our design and innovation team will be creating an application with our pre-configured program evaluation and monitoring methods. This will assist in creating a database of the efficacy of impact on different communities both ethnically and geographically. This will allow further programming that is community specific and provides valuable insight about the problems that communities around the globe face.

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Project Kilimanjaro (Organization)

www.projectkiliforkids.org

Project Kilimanjaro is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that works to promote the health and wellness of women and children internationally. Using an approach consistent with preventative medicine, we work with Maasai communities in Tanzania by engaging in both educational and … Learn More

Athena Doshi
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