BEAR EARTH CIC - A CELEBRATION OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGHOUT 2022

Bear Earth CIC is a not for profit that works to end period poverty and stigma around menstruation. We achieve this by enabling women and girls to access period products as well as running educational activities to raise awareness and break down the stigma around menstruation.

2022 has been a busy year for Bear Earth CiC with our work here in the UK continuing to create new opportunities and grow the existing activities. We have developed our educational work by delivering our bespoke Train The Trainer programme. This increases our ability to support more frontline grassroots organizations to have the skills, confidence, and materials to support the delivery of educational workshops in their own communities. This will raise awareness and help to normalise the conversation around periods and menstrual hygiene.

Over the last 12 months we have had 19 Bear Earth Ambassadors delivering activities at the heart of their own communities. Our new Ambassadors have delivered 16 awareness sessions targeting over 300 women and girls. In addition, we have provided over 20,000 free sanitary products to women and girls in the UK.

We have also run training sessions to women’s groups in the rural parts of Nepal and Sri Lanka and have trained many of them to create their own re-usable sanitary wear

“It’s been a fantastic experience participating in the Bear Earth training. I have been able to take these activities and deliver them to my church group, which was really well received and really beneficial to not just young girls but also the young men present”. Bear Earth Ambassador –Philomena.

Bear Earth’s subscription service is continuing to grow with more local companies and organisation’s signing up to support the cause. The results of this mean we are able to donate products and essentials to those individuals that need them most.

Tina Barton, Bear Earth Development Manager said, “With the current cost of living crisis, demands on our services have increased, so we are doing our best to get essentials to those that need them the most, and we are always looking for donations.”

You can find out more about the work of Bear Earth CiC by visiting www.bearearth.org

“Every woman and girl should be able to live with dignity and having access to period products as well as not being stigmatized for some thing as natural as periods is a part of that experience. By choosing to support our work you are enabling a world where women and girls can fulfill their true potential” says Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan the founder of Bear Earth.

If you are a community group or organization interested in our training opportunities or becoming a Bear Earth Ambassador then please do get in touch.