Contribute and Help Kenyan Women in Need

In preparation of their month-long trip to Kenya in January 2022, three students—Kyla Graeser, OMS III, Savanna Rosenbaum, OMS III, and Eleza Valente, OMS II—are hosting a fundraiser. This has been endorsed and supported by the Global Medicine Track and by Dr. Camille Bentley.

Periods can be annoying and get in the way of daily life for many of us: dealing with cramps, having to pick up tampons, and taking ibuprofen to ease the pain. Yet how many of you have stopped to think about what "annoying" may mean for women in Kenya? What happens when you don't have a store close by? Or when you don't have money to buy pads or tampons? What then?

Many of these women end up using dirty rags or pieces of old blankets (thereby risking infection); young girls skip school (often falling behind and/or dropping out); and women's self-esteem can be greatly impacted. Our goal is to decrease all of these negatives and help build women’s self-esteem by providing reusable feminine hygiene kits. This will allow them to move freely and without shame during their menstrual cycles.

These kits will be purchased in Kenya to help support the local economy and will be supplied to the women in need this coming January. Our goal is 600 hygiene kits which cost $5-6 US dollars per kit. We have raised enough for about 200 kits and would very much like to double or triple this number. We would greatly appreciate any donation however big or small!

Visit https://gofund.me/f5d8f251 or scan the QR code