King’s Volunteering runs campaigns throughout the year for students and staff to increase their awareness and understanding of various issues and causes as well as empowering them to take action.
Read on to find details of our current campaign.
Let's talk about periods.
This year, King’s Volunteering are partnering with The Pachamama Project, a charity who is working to build a network of volunteers to make reusable sanitary pads for those in need.
Defined by the lack of access to hygiene facilities, menstrual products and education, Period Poverty affects millions of women, girls and people who menstruate despite being a basic human right.
Rooted in socio-environmental inequalities and impacting communities already disadvantaged by other factors, the psychological and health effects of Period Poverty is well-documented. Charities like the Binti Period, The Pachama Project and Bloody Good Period are working to tackle these issues in a range of ways, with all in agreement that they shouldn’t have to exist and that these gendered experiences require policy change and urgent action from governing bodies.
Take action.
Make sustainable sanitary pads for refugees experiencing period poverty
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.
Find out more about this opportunity on the King's Volunteering platform.
Why support this project?
No matter how much or how little you contribute to The Pachamama Project, you are joining a global network of volunteers who make reusable sanitary pads for refugees around the world experiencing period poverty.
By creating and donating a Pacha Pad, you are supporting the Pachamama Project’s mission to combat period poverty in refugee crises and make sure having a period is not yet another challenge for these people.
Find out more about The Pachamama Project, including the people they support on their website.
If you have any questions about this campaign, please email volunteer@kcl.ac.uk