Sundesh

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Mahiney ke Woh Panch Din

Beneficiaries : 25968 | Awareness workshop : 112
| Sanitary pad distributed : 26000
Total Volunteers trained : 140
Mahiney ke Woh Panch Din

As per the latest census women comprise of 48% of Indian population out of which about 20% are referred as adolescent girls in the age group of 12 to 18 years. An adolescent undergoes important physical and psychological changes during this period. Lack of knowledge regarding reproductive health including menstruation hygiene which can be due to socio-cultural barriers / taboos (in which they grow up) lead to various physiological and psychological problems in later stages of life. To address these issues Sundesh organized a month-long campaign on MHM name as ‘Mahiney Ke Woh Panch Din’ at Inter Colleges (8th to 12th Schools) of Hapur District in UP, which commenced on Monday 1st May, 2023 and concluded the same on Saturday, 28th May 2023 on Menstrual Hygiene Day.

OBJECTIVE:

⬧ The core objective of this workshop is to educate the adolescent girls about MHM so that they can understand, talk & discuss freely while managing their menstrual health to confidently approach their life goals.
⬧ To act as catalyst on the issue that is crippled by taboos and lack of correct information on the subject.
⬧ To promote sustainable solutions for MHM (adoption of bio degradable nature friendly options)
⬧ To create a network of volunteers & government bodies (schools & local administration) to act as catalyst for future actions

PROJECT DETAILS:

⬧ The program was conducted in all the 108 inter colleges of Hapur district among 25968 girls in the same day.
⬧ One teacher from each school was picked up and trained to conduct workshop.
⬧Structured sessions, workshops and Q&A sessions at schools with teacher during training and young girls during workshop was done to understand the mindset and barriers among teachers and break the barriers caused by myths & taboos around Menstrual health & management for girls
⬧ Promoting Green menstruation by distributing biodegradable sanitary pads among the girls.
⬧ One plant in each school was planted by the Sundesh team and principal to promote sustainability and a mark of remembrance.

Based upon the finding research paper was published by Sundesh Along with the month long campaign monthly 1-2 workshops were continued in the government schools as the part of routine activating