Project Lead(s): Fiona Babukiika
Managing menstrual health in refugee camps is a big problem, as refugees often have no access to sanitary pads, and thousands of adolescent girls and women are forced to improvise with unhygienic alternatives that put them at risk of contracting infections. The project will train and work directly with refugee women and youth to produce sanitary pads, creating opportunities for employment and life skills development, while providing low-cost, washable, and reusable sanitary pads for sale to the refugee community in Uganda.