Date: Tuesday 19 November

Time: 13:00 – 15:00

Location: Guy's Campus, KCLSU Activity Room 2

 

This year, King’s Volunteering are partnering with The Pachamama Project to mobilise a network of students and staff at King’s to create reusable sanitary pads (“Pacha Pads”) to gift to refugees across the world who are experiencing period poverty.

If you have a sewing machine, you can contribute to the Pachamama Project by creating Pacha Pads at home and donating them at our Donation Stations across King’s campuses (find out more on our Campaigns page).

If you do not have access to a sewing machine but you would still like to contribute to the project, you can create the fabric bags that the Pacha Pads are gifted to their recipients in. Whilst you can make these using a sewing machine, you can also hand sew these bags instead.

On 19 November, King's Volunteering are running a workshop for you to learn how to hand sew a Pacha Pad bag to contribute to our campaign!

You will be provided with all the materials and we will be on hand to run through the steps and help you master the necessary sewing skills.

The workshop is 2 hours long which will give you time to make good progress with your bag. If you haven't finished your bag by the end of the workshop, don't worry - you will have until the end of January to finish it off and drop it off at one of our Donation Stations across King's campuses!

There are a limited number of spaces so make sure you arrive early to avoid disappointment - spaces will be given on a first come, first served basis on the day. Please let us know if you are planning to attend by completing this form.