Rise Up, Spring Forward campaign

May 28th is World Menstrual Health Day and D4G is excited to announce the launch of our ‘Rise Up, Spring Forward’ campaign for menstrual equity to enable girls and women to spring forward past menstrual barriers. 

Period Poverty is a Monthly Problem

Lack of access to menstrual products in developing countries often excludes girls from school, community activities, and even their own families. Period stigmatization and shame can cause girls to fall behind in school, lead to depression, expose girls to sexual exploitation, or even suicide. Menstruation is often shrouded in shame and silence, excluding girls from school, community activities, and even their own families. Period stigmatization and shame can cause girls to fall behind in school, lead to depression, expose girls to sexual exploitation, or even suicide.

Rise Up, Spring Forward 

D4G addresses menstrual barriers in three ways: giving access to high-quality, washable menstrual

pads; establishing international sewing enterprises; and providing menstrual health education. Our Rise Up, Spring Forward campaign aims to raise funds to support the establishment of new sewing enterprises, along with a series of menstrual health workshops, and providing kits containing essential washable sanitary pads, underwear, and soap to at least 150 girls in Kisii, Kenya.

“We are excited to kick off this drive as we strive to break down barriers. As a Christian organization, it is important to us that girls view menstruation as a natural and essential physiological process, reflecting God’s amazing creation and design of the human body” says Sandi Helm, Executive Director

of Dignity4Girls. 

Since 2015, Dignity4Girls has impacted the lives of over 10,000 women and girls by tackling period poverty.