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Girls 2 Women

Mary Moran, MSN, MPH, RN Cindy Smalletz, MA, Educational Technologist. Girls 2 Women. Self-Made, Reusable, Sustainable Sanitary Pads . Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead.

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Girls 2 Women

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  1. Mary Moran, MSN, MPH, RN Cindy Smalletz, MA, Educational Technologist Girls 2 Women Self-Made, Reusable, Sustainable Sanitary Pads

  2. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead Entoto Secondary School, Addis Ababa, 2011. Teachers help the girls during a pad making class.

  3. Ethiopia • Area: 1.1 million km2 • Population > 75 million • >85% of the people live in rural areas • Pop growth rate is 2.9% and 4.1% in urban areas • Per capita income of USD 130 • Girls making their own pads by March 2011: Mekele-670 Addis 530 and growing. New area added: Dangla

  4. Objective To ensure that menses will not prevent any Ethiopian girl from attending school Yekatit 12 Senior Secondary School supported by the Administrators & teachers have developed a students teaching students program. March 21st 2011

  5. Educationof Girls and Women Over 100 million children, 55% of which are girls, still do not have access to primary education. UNESCO 2009 Projectethiopia.com took the girls2women project to Dangla, near Bahar Dar, in the Amhara region.

  6. Goal • To teach all school girls in Ethiopia how to make their own pads which are: • re-usable • environmentally friendly • sustainable • One class at a time: By March 2011, 500 girls had been taught this skill & were using the product. Eilila Secondary School, Mekele 2011. The entire girl student body & their teachers attended the class.

  7. Supplies • Cloth • Sewing thread • Needles • Scissors • Straight pins • Snaps/small buttons • Measuring tape

  8. Materials • Outer Layer: Nylon/cotton • Inner Layers: Flannel, cotton, interlock, fleece or terry cloth • Some example sizes: • 10 in. x 2.8 in. • 9 in. x 3 in. • winged back pads for bed time use • 2.7432 Meters (3 yards) of material makes 8 pads

  9. Method • Top layer (next to your body): Fleece/cotton • Fleece remains dry because it allows liquids to pass through to the next layer • Bottom layer: Nylon • Nylon is relatively liquid proof • Heavy duty plastic can also be used • Cut material pieces to match pattern size & sew together.

  10. Blanket Stitch See More Stitching Instructions

  11. Pad & Belt

  12. Alternative Pad Design: • 9 inches x 9 inches square • Material: • Toweling & cotton • 1 layer of each sewn together • The pad is folded in three • Provides 6 layers of protection (excluding the two layers of the holder) • Project Ethiopia introduced the program to the teachers and girls in Dangla in June • They supplied the cotton t-shirt material for the pads, the cotton for the holder, the elastic and button for the waist band • Girls and teachers did everything else: from cutting out the pattern and fabric to sewing the pieces together • They had instructions in Amharic from http://girls2women.org/, an organization that has done this in other parts of Ethiopia

  13. Pad Holder design • The pad holder is: • a winged design • 2 layers of toweling sewn together • To fit folded pad securely: • Sew a strip of material at each end • To hold pad in place: • Sew 1 inch band to each end of the holder • Fit folded pad under the band

  14. Completed Pad Holder Pad folded in 3 & secured by the band of material at each end of the holder WawaryPedrosSeconday School, Addis Ababa 2011

  15. Mix & Match Materials • Cotton pad holder: • Sew fastener or button & button hole • Outer side of underwear: • Fasten button or fastener to hold pad securely in place • Vary colors of materials • Darker colors show less stains • Lifetime of pads is more than 8 years

  16. Caring for the Pads • To remove the stains: • Immediately rinse pads in cold water • Or soak them in cold salted water overnight • After, the water is good for plants– the high iron content is good for them • To kill any bacteria: • Boil the pads in soapy water: 5 minutes • Bleach will remove stains on white pads but kills less germs than boiling • Remove from boiling water and rinse in cold water • Hang to dry in the sun • For privacy, cover pads with light towel Homemade sanitary pads (red items) drying in the sun, Addis Ababa 2011

  17. Self-made Pad Carrier Store pads in specially constructed purse

  18. Community Involvement Male and female school directors and teachers enthusiastically sewed sample reusable menstrual pads…

  19. Education of Girls and Women Today, over 100 million children, 55% of which are girls, still do not have access to primary education. Entoto Secondary School, Addis Ababa, 2011

  20. Agencies in Ethiopia http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Default.asp http://www.unfpa.org/public/about Moms for Moms http://www.africanservices.org/ http://www.unicefusa.org/ethiopia http://projectethiopia.com

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