Remember when you were in middle and high school and nothing would have mortified you more than the thought of having a blood stain on your pants that everyone could see? Remember when you first started paying for your own tampons and pads? It turned out they were way more expensive than you thought. Plus you always had to have a whole supply of kinds including super plus, plus, overnight, regular, light, liners, tampons and pads. You often had to carry supplies with you just in case it showed up at the worst possible time. God forbid that anyone knows you have your period. The fear of bleeding through your clothes stays with you even as an adult. But what if you didn't have pads or tampons at all? What if you couldn't go anywhere or do anything because you had no barrier between your blood and the world? The best you could do is possibly some rags... For many women in the developing world, this is the case. Inadequate access to sanitary products, toilets, running water, etc. cause many girls to drop out of school. More alarming, for me, are the inhumane menstrual traditions that still exist in some countries. Many aren’t based on religion, but rather on long standing regional traditions. They range from the merely humiliating to the dangerous. Women can be forced to live in unsafe conditions outside, away from family, because of their “impurity.” They must stay in this shed during the day to avoid accidentally touching a plant or animal and destroying it. But we can help. I am so grateful to have been chosen as one of a hundred international ambassadors to spread the word about an amazing foundation, The Pad Project. I am asking you to please watch Period. End of Sentence. on Netflix, the Academy Award winning short documentary about the needs of these women,The Pad Project AND what we can all do to help. My goal of $43,500 is based on the cost of setting up one automated pad machine as well as materials and paid labor for a year. Packaging and distribution will employ 8-10 women. Automated Pad Machine (for Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka) ● Pads Produced: 80,000 to 100,000 pads per month (1 million pads per year)● People Served: 8,000 to 10,000 menstruators per month● Pad Machine, Accessories, and Toolkit: $30,000 USD● Raw Materials: $10,000 USD for 400,000 pads● Training and Operations $3,500 USD● Grand Total: $43,500 USD (travel costs, taxes, insurance, taxes, etc. not included) Subsequent years will be much less expensive, mostly labor and raw materials. I like to think of it as “The Million Pad March.” Even when COVID keeps us at home, we can all still do something to educate and empower other women all over the world. Thanks for your help and I will keep you posted on how we are doing! Andrea Any questions? Want to help more? Contact me at andreagruber23 @gmail.com
Dear Friends and Family,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." As many of you know, I have spent the past 4 years traveling back and forth to a village in southern India where I work with women and train them as artisans to create job opportunity for them. After learning about The Pad Project I realized that they had developed a model that could have a tremendous impact in this village. I am asking you to contribute to raise money for a machine that will consistently employ 10 women to create female hygiene products that will be sold at an affordable price (half of the current market price). Not only will this organization create 10 jobs in the village, but they will provide a means for young girls to stay in school once they start their periods and for all women to create healthy hygiene habits. My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation and donating to this organization. Please help us in our mission to empower more girls and women! We can't do it without you. With gratitude, Mary Elizabeth Heard p.s. Please watch PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE, a 26 minute documentary about The Pad Project that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, to see the life-changing work this organization is doing (you can find it on Netflix!)
Dear Awesome People,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you.Tony
Dear Friends and Family,Please join Dhanya and me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to the organization. Please help us reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you.Sincerely,Dhanya and Anjana
We are students from Boston College.Please join us and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you.Xuanting Tang & Ruoqing Lu
Dear Friends and Family,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." Did you know that 500 million women and girls globally lack access to adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene management? In the U.S. alone, 1 in 5 American girls have either left school early or missed it entirely because they didn’t have access to sanitary products.The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization founded by a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, to fight for menstrual equity. Their programs here in the U.S. help women with supplies and education regarding their menstrual health. Overseas they fund pad machine programs in Afghanistan, India, Kenya, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The pad machine programs employ 6 or more local women, who produce and distribute low-cost quality pads to their community. Period. End of Sentence, the 2019 Oscar winner for Best Documentary Short Subject, provides a good overview of their overseas efforts.The fight for equity in the board room and in the Oval Office begins by achieving equality in the classroom. Please support this organization in their work to dismantle taboos around menstruation and help empower more girls and women!You can also amplify our efforts by setting up your own donation page as part of our fundraising teamKaren
Dear Beauty Avenue Community,Please join us and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! Our hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you. Love from Team Beauty Avenue
Please join the Pink Ladies Club and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! Our hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you.-The Pink Ladies Club
Dear Friends and Family, Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. For my bat-mitzvah project I have chosen The Pad Project, an inspiring organization that does amazing things for women and girls. Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you. Please join me in this fight for women and girls. My goal is to reach $1000 but that wont be possible without you. Thank you so much, Sophia Yudell
Dear Friends and Family,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you.[Name]
Dear Friends, Family and Club Members,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you. Mariana
Dear Friends and Family,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you.Mimi
A woman will have a period usually every 21 to 40 days, lasting around 2 to 7 days, from an average age of 13 till 51, corresponding to almost 450 periods during her lifetime, and equivalent to spending up to 10 years of her life having her menses. Should she thus be able to perform all her usual daily activities including going to school or work while she is on her period? To me, the answer is obvious - an absolute yes! Sadly, this is far from being the case in certain countries around the world. Despite being in the 21st century, the disparity between the developed and developing world is striking. A female teenager in London, for example, would usually be well aware of the concept of menstruation as being a natural process of life; she normally has access to any form of sanitary pads/tampons/menstrual cups and she will typically still be able to go to school while she is on her period. Conversely, in rural India, that same female teenager could grow up with the concept that a monthly bleed is synonymous to an illness or worse, an impurity and thus the need to stay away from the household. She mostly relies on old, often, dirty pieces of cloth to use as pads, potentially increasing her risk of pelvic infection and later infertility. Due to the fear of any leakage or nowhere to change her “cloths”, she has to stay at home when she is on her period and miss out on education, - her only sustainable way of climbing the social ladder. Additionally, later in life after having a few kids, a woman can feel so crippled by her period that she would resort to having a hysterectomy to end it all, often entailing other surgical complications. In short, in many parts of the world, a period, regrettably, remains an absolute taboo. In light of the above, as a female gynaecologist trainee with ancestral roots from the developing world but living and working in the developed world, I strongly feel that action needs to be taken against this double standard. Hence, I am hoping to use my upcoming birthday (30th June) as an opportunity to raise money to be able to make a difference in these girls’ lives. I would be genuinely honoured if you could help me in this endeavour. As a fundraising initiative, I will also be baking some cakes/cupcakes (you are welcome to check my baking page @jakbakes on Instagram for an idea of the treats) :) “You might not be able to change the world, but you could change someone’s world!” A period should end a sentence, not an education. – The Pad Project https://thepadproject.org/who-we-are/ Watch the short film on Netflix: Period. End of sentence. Please write "June's Birthday" in the comments IF you donate Thanks for reading and contributing. May you be blessed always! JuN3
Dear Friends and Family,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you. Saurabh Munot
The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization founded by a group of high school students and their teacher dedicated to the principle that “a period should end a sentence, not a girl’s education.” All over the world, particularly in low and middle-income communities, one of the reasons why students drop out of school at a young age is a lack of access to affordable and hygienic menstrual products. Fifty percent of the world’s population menstruates. The Pad Project’s job is to ensure that one hundred percent of them have the tools to manage it. In order to raise awareness about this critical human rights issue, The Pad Project committed to raise the funds to send a pad manufacturing machine, along with a year’s worth of raw materials to a village in rural India, and to document the process on film. That film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short and sparked a global conversation about menstrual equity. The documentary not only depicts how the installation of a pad manufacturing machine provides access to affordable and hygienic menstrual products but also sustains a micro-economy for the women who operate it. Since the film’s Netflix release and Oscar win, we have received requests for pad machines from diverse individuals and organizations from over 94 countries. Please join The Pad Project in our mission to create and cultivate local and global partnerships to end period stigma and to empower women worldwide.
Dear Friends and Family,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." I have been working with this wonderful organization since August 2022, and I am continuously inspired by all of the wonderful work they do. The Pad Project combines my interests of public health, women's rights, and social justice, and works to better the world for all who menstruate.Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you.Ruby Whelan
Dear Friends and Followers.Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending period poverty. What is period poverty? With 1 in 5 girls missing school due to lack of menstrual products, they simultaneously develop detrimental health problems due to the use of unsanitary or unsafe alternatives. Period poverty is an important, yet often ignored, public health crisis. The Pad Project supplies safe menstrual products in low income zones globally. They also work to de-stigmatize menstruation by sparking discussions in schools and workplaces as well as setting up workshops to educate about the importance of safe menstruation and to diminish cultural norms that build shame surrounding the bodies of women, girls and non-binary/transgender people. Statistics have shown that over 500 million people who menstruate globally don’t have access to the most basic necessities such as and not limited to: tampons, pads, hygienic undergarments, and sanitary wipes. Over 40% of people who menstruate experience period shaming at least once in their life, and nearly 25% of men have never had a conversation about periods with somebody who menstruates. The majority of individuals that get their period in poverty zones resort to using rags, cloths, cheap toilet paper, and in extreme situations-sawdust and soft dirt as alternatives for menstrual products. My wish this Christmas is that you will aid in The Pad Project’s mission by dismantling taboos around menstruation or donating to their organization. If anything, I hope this message inspires you to bring menstruation into your field of knowledge and to work on being aware of your privilege, wether you’re a person who menstruates or not. If you’ve received money over the holidays, think of those who haven’t, and likely never will.I will be donating to the cause myself. If you choose to donate, feel free to contribute as much as you see fit. A donation as small as $5 goes a long way considering the system that The Pad Project uses for dividing funds. I strongly suggest doing your own research into The Pad Project’s previous accomplishments such as the Academy Award winning short film “Period. End Of Sentence.” available on Netflix. And most recently, the project’s 2022 year in review, to understand the real scope and impact that the organization has had on the world since 2013. The donation link and link to The Period Project’s website will be in the next slide, as well as my bio.Happy holidays!
Dear Friends and Family,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you.[Name]
Dear Friends and Family,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you.[Name]
Dear Friends and Family,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you.Miura Lima
Dear Friends and Family,Please join us and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! Our hope is that we will all continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, and by providing the tools that will empower women all around the world. The cost to provide a manual pad machine to a village that needs it is $5,500. Enough raw materials to produce 260,000 pads per year (serving a community of 400 women) costs $11,000. And to train women to use and operate the machine, and to keep it working for one year, is $2,000. We hope that you'll join us in supporting The Pad Project! Jenny, Keith, Ellie, Finn, Tess and Dulcie Anderson
Border Angels, established in 1986, focuses on defending the rights of migrants and refugees by promoting a culture of love, advocacy, and education. The Pad Project's goal is to create and cultivate local and global partnerships to end period stigma and to empower women and all menstruators worldwide Together with the Harkness Institute in Mexico, The Pad Project is raising money for Border Angels to ensure that menstrual products are accessible at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Please donate to our important cause!
Dear Beautiful People,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a person's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that people all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls, women, and people around the world! They can't do it without you. Thank you so much for visiting my page and donating! I appreciate it with all my heart and would love to hear from you! Shoot me a message if you read this :) Love Always, Hannah
Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Hence, marking the onset of a journey towards reshaping the lives of thousands of women across the globe. Thanks to the altruistic help from caring people like you, new opportunities are flourishing for women in vulnerable communities. Donate, share or engage in period poverty discussions, every little counts and can set a turning point for the lives of thousands of women, eager to accomplish their dreams and to fully harness and exploit their endless capabilities. Because a period should end a sentence, not a girl's education. All the best, Pol
Dear Friends and Family,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." During the winter of 2021, I crafted over 100 circus themed ornaments and thought it would be fun to have a themed display. I wanted to add to the Pad Project's fundraising, so I am asking folks who enjoy the display to contribute to a good cause. Thank you for joining me in supporting the Pad Project. Charla Rae
Dear Friends and Family,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you.[Name]
This is The Pad Project at Oberlin's official fundraising page. Thank you so much for donating!!
Dear Friends and Family, My name is Kritika Vedula. I am currently a sophomore attending Homestead High School located in Cupertino, California. The Pad Project is an organization focused on spreading awareness about the taboo surrounding menstruation and raising money to fund this cause. Their organization is dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." Many girls around the world cannot afford sanitary products, so they rely on unhealthy alternatives, such as old clothing or dirty rags, which increases the risk of infection and the likelihood of girls dropping out of school early. But now, there is a new invention which helps to solve this problem. The machine does more than just supply girls with pads: it supplies a stable income to the women who work to make the pads, empowering them to become independent and also rise above the stigma around periods and pads. The Pad Project’s goal is to raise enough money for one machine, a years' worth of supplies, and a team of local women who can educate other women on how to use the machine and raise awareness about the normality of periods and the importance of using pads. At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to creating a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE. won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! I hope that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation and donating to their organization. Each one of you can make a difference just by donating one dollar. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you. Every penny counts.
Hi everyone,I'm the co-founder of Limitless, a female empowerment organization with the ambition and drive to change women's stories. We host conferences, product drives to bring awareness to women's health & jobs. For our conference on February 8th, 2023 we are fundraising for the Pad Project.The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the fight for menstrual equity. Individuals around the world, especially in low-income communities, often face a lack of access to menstrual products. Please consider donating to this important cause so all girls can go to school with the proper resources!
Dear Friends and Family,Please join me and The Pad Project in the global fight for menstrual equality! The Pad Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the principle that, "A period should end a sentence, not a girl's education." At the 2013 “Commission on the Status of Women” at the United Nations, a group of high school students and their teacher, Melissa Berton, learned that girls all over the world are forced to miss or drop out of school entirely at the onset of their periods, due to lack of access to hygienic and affordable menstrual supplies. Melissa and her students committed to create a documentary that would raise awareness about the issue and to form a club called The Pad Project. Six years later, in 2019, that film, PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and that club became the 501(c)3 nonprofit that I write to you about today. Thanks to the support of caring people like you, The Pad Project has had the pleasure of hearing from 42 states, 94 countries, and has sparked a global conversation about menstruation. Still, while The Pad Project is humbled by all of the help they have received, the fight for menstrual equality has only just begun! My hope is that you will continue to further their goals by dismantling taboos around menstruation, creating your own Pad Project chapter, and donating to their organization. Please help them reach all 50 states, 195 countries, and empower more girls and women! They can't do it without you! - Kate Shapiro