Sid narang's Fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity.

Dear Friends,

I, Sid narang am running this crowdfunding campaign to help girls manage their menstrual cycle in a dignified way. I am supporting the globally reputed NGO, Habitat For Humanity. Many girls drop out of school during their menstrual cycles due to lack of awareness regarding menstrual health.

Habitat for Humanity is providing girls with improvised sanitation units and hygiene kits to help them during their menstruation period. They are also counselling girls on menstrual health to educate them on how to manage their menstrual cycles. Donate to my campaign to help support a girl child stay at school to complete her education.

About the campaign:

Protect safe and sanitary is an initiative taken by Maanya, Naishi, Meher, Ayesha and Kiah. We are students from the 9th grade and we want to raise funds for helping girls stay in school and educating them about menstural hygiene.

As you know, in rural parts of our country talking about menstrual cycles and sometimes even acknowledging them is a taboo. Most of them don’t have the proper products to keep clean while going through their monthly cycles. Due to this many girls are forced to drop out of school and sacrifice their education.

We believe that everyone should have an equal opportunity to be educated be it boy or girl.

We wish to help these girls by providing them with decent sanitation units, hygiene kits & counsel them on the importance of menstrual health.

Menstruation is a natural part of life and a monthly occurrence for the 1.8 billion girls, women, transgender men and non-binary persons of reproductive age. Yet millions of menstruators across the world are denied the right to manage their monthly menstrual cycle in a dignified and healthy way.

355 million is the number of menstruating women in India, accounting for nearly 30 per cent of the country’s population. Menstruation continues to be a subject of gender disparity in India. Myths about menstruation are largely prevalent, forcing many girls to drop out of school early or be ostracised for the duration of their menstrual cycle every month. Lack of proper functioning toilets, sanitary pads and awareness on menstrual health, keeps girls away from school and education. Reports show that around 23 million girls drop out of school annually due to lack of proper menstrual hygiene management facilities. The pandemic has worsened a girls access to sanitary and hygiene products.  

Habitat for Humanity India is support girls across India through their menstruation period. Habitat India has built 32,537 individual sanitation units across the country till date. 300 schools in India now have gender segregated sanitation units with Habitats support. 5580 girls have undergone Menstrual Health Management training with Habitat and have felt more confident in managing their menstrual cycle. 

Prerna Patil, a class 11th grade student from Government Sarvottam Higher Secondary School, Silvassa said that “We faced a lot of problems earlier as there was only one toilet in school. There was water shortage and we had to wait in the queue. It was even more difficult during our menstrual period. The girls would dispose their pads in the toilet and this would cause a lot of trouble for the cleaners. We are very happy that Habitat for Humanity India has built such a big toilet for us” .  

The Principal of Sarvottam Higher Secondary School, Silvassa, Mr. P.K. Patel also commented, “Compared to the other schools in this area, our school has the most number of female students. Many of them drop out or stop coming to school because of lack of facilities. We are thankful to Habitat for Humanity India for choosing our school to build this toilet facility for our girls. This has enabled us to build a good learning environment and will also teach the students about sanitation and hygiene. We are also happy to say that looking at this new sanitation complex parents are now more than willing to send their girls to study here thereby increasing the number of school admissions. We are hopeful that this project will lead to reduced dropout rates of girls.”

What Habitat For Humanity is doing to help?

Habitat for Humanity India believes that everyone should have access to sanitation, hygiene and safe water at home. By building toilets at the individual, school and community level, Habitat ensures that women and girls have access to improved sanitation units and a safe space to manage their menstrual health. Access to clean and well maintained toilets at schools is critical to help a girl continue her education uninterrupted.

In addition to building sanitation units, Habitat’s Menstrual Health Management program also battles taboos surrounding menstruation by organising counselling sessions and providing adolescent girls access to hygiene kits. Alarmingly, 71 per cent of young girls remain unaware of menstruation until the first occurrence of menstruation. Hence, conducting counselling sessions with girls will help educate them about menstruation and teaches them on how to manage these days of the month.

Your contribution will help a girl receive counselling related to menstrual health and hygiene and clean sanitation units to help her in better understanding of her own body. It is critical for our girls to break free of shame and constraints attached to menstruation. 

Help support this cause as every donation will impact a girl’s life in our country.

Donations made to Habitat for Humanity India are eligible for Tax Exemption under Section 80G. Habitat for Humanity India has been awarded with 1A – the highest rating by CRISIL.

Please donate generously and share this campaign with your family and friends to raise maximum funds

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