NPO hands out sanitary products to local Child Welfare beneficiaries
Child Welfare team up with Palesa Pads to help young girls feel dignified.
Palesa Pads reached out to the children in the community at an event held for Child and Family Welfare.
“I think this initiative is very important for us because it will bring back the dignity of a girl child. As the children are disadvantaged, some of them don’t have pads. We hope by giving them these pads they will feel differently and dignified,” said Batong Regina Nawa, a Child Welfare community worker.
Shérie de Wet, better known as Palesa, founder and CEO of Palesa Pads, explained they manufacture and then distribute reusable pads that can last up to five years.
On August 5, the NPO handed out sanitary kits to various beneficiaries of Child Welfare. She noted each of these kits replaces over a thousand disposable pads.
“It is wonderful because it means they don’t ever have to worry about buying pads or standing in a queue for pads. The pads are made with very high-quality fabric, so they are completely absorbent and waterproof, you won’t leak through them. They are also stain resistant. They are extremely easy to wash, you only need cold water and basic washing powder and they dry very quickly, which means the girls can wear them the next day,” stated De Wet.
She continued to say each of the kits contain six pads. The girls use three per day and wash them at night. There is also a bucket to wash them in, a packet of washing powder and a bar of soap, vinegar to add to the rinse water, and a drying clip to hang the pads by the window, so they can dry at night.
She added the sponsors were Angora Club SA and Anglo American UK and the aim was to sponsor 100 girls that day.
They also prepared a presentation to teach the girls about their periods.
“We are grateful for this event and the partnership of Palesa Pads and we are glad they picked us,” concluded Nawa.
