New Pad4Girls opportunity!
Of all the various partner groups and individuals that Pads4Girls works with, there are two in particular that stand out with respect to their long term vision, success and unique personalities – we are thrilled to report that they are now working together, and that there is a new way for you to support them directly.
The Lugari Community Resource Center is the brainchild of charismatic leader Jenipher Wasike (see our video of her talking about her own experience growing up in Kenya without information about or access to menstrual products on our YouTube.com channel), a project of the Willing Hearts International Society – Canada (WHISCA).
Afri-Pads was started by two Americans: Pauls Grinvalds and Sophia Klumpp, and a longtime Pads4Girls collaborator, Canadian Carrie-Jane Williams. Right from the get-go they have sought to go beyond simply distributing Pad Kits to girls in need, emphasizing instead building padmaking businesses (image above is of the tailoring class learning about sewing machine maintenance.) They have had remarkable success, and are now renovating their second padmaking factory.
WHISCA is now seeking to offer its tailor training program at Lugari and is seeking donations to finance the training- click here to donate and be part of this remarkable story!
PS/ I have spent a measurable portion of my life behind a sewing machine, but what was once a professional pursuit ultimately lapsed into a hobby, particularly after my daughter was born 5 years ago. I have just committed to donating my last two industrial sewing machines to the Lugari Resource Center, which will be shipped off later this month as part of a container load of donated goods funded by a Vancouver chapter of Rotary International. I love the idea that the same machines that made Lunapads in the early days will now be part of new padmaking ventures in Kenya!
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