Based on the gaps realized and challenges faced with the accessibility, use and disposal of sanitary towels; our feasible intervention is to upscale the sensitization and training of women and girls in key skills to make their own washable, reusable sanitary pads so they can have access to sustainable sanitary protection and good menstrual hygiene at their fingertips. 

Dream Africa has trained 60 girls in 10 selected local schools in the Volta region to make their own affordable re-usable sanitary pads from natural and chemical-free materials. They were also charged to commit themselves to supporting other girls within the school or in their communities/other schools in collaboration with School Management. 

Dream Africa has collaborated with community stakeholders to select 20 vulnerable women in the targeted communities to train them on how to make safe, washable, reusable sanitary pads so they can always have access to clean sanitary products, help protect the environment and also create a small income for themselves and their families by selling their extra products at the market. We look forward raising funds to scale up the project in other poor communities and provide women and girls with sewing machines and train them in how to use them to make washable, cloth sanitary pads.