Help put a Stop to Period Shame! Keep underprivileged girls in school past their first period.

Did you know that 1 in 5 girls are forced to discontinue their education as soon as they get their first menstrual period?

 

And 71% of Indian girls are unaware of menstruation till they get their first period! 

Little girls who have not been pre-educated about what to expect go through shock, trauma and embarrassment when they start their first period.

It is also imperative that a girl know what she needs to do when she starts menstruating. 

She needs to know about the various menstrual absorbent options available to her, their correct usage and how she must maintain hygiene and take care of herself.

Parents or guardians must be prepared to handhold their daughter when she gets her first period.

Awareness of normal versus abnormal menstrual patterns helps early detection of potentially serious health issues.

We need your support to educate the educators and help keep girls in school past their first period.

SAKHI is a sustainable project in which we support schools from rural, rurban (rural-urban) and urban geographies to ensure every girl has the requisite knowledge about menstruation and the support that is readily available when needed.

The Sakhi project is targeted at adding a large number of schoolteachers from across the national landscape to the Pinkishe Community by supporting them to become Certified Menstrual Educators (CMEs).

CMEs train and support schoolgirls to ensure timely intervention and the smooth transition of every girl child - in preparation and when she takes the “first steps” to womanhood, i.e., the onset of “menarche” the first period.

 

With your support, we can: 

Train school teachers

Develop Sakhi mobile app

Develop & distribute educative resources               

Create & nurture certified menstrual educators’ community

Create awareness amongst family support

And most of all… an educated girl

Why Schools?

Schools are those safe spaces and temples of learning where young girls take their ‘first step’ to womanhood, i.e., the onset of menarche. There is growing momentum worldwide to address menstruation-related challenges adolescent girls face, especially in schools. It is now widely believed that schools should play a more proactive part in ensuring that girls are better prepared for menarche.

Many a school has positively accepted our Sakhi Program, and we are strongly encouraged by the results in the short time since its conception.

 

Let our numbers do the talking:

100 Schools Enrolled

200 Certified Menstrual Educators

400 Workshops

20000 Girls Trained

 

With your help, we can do so much more!

 

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To know more about the Training Programme and to be a part of this much-needed initiative, visit www.pinkishe.org