Buying reusable sanitary pads for schools, NGOs or community programmes
Institutional Procurement Guide Buying reusable sanitary pads for schools, NGOs or community programmes Price and delivery dates are the easy questions. Here's what actually determines whether the programme works. When an organisation decides to provide reusable sanitary pads to girls and women, the first questions are usually straightforward: how many, at what price, delivered by when. Those questions matter, but if you're procuring reusable menstrual products for a school, NGO, community initiative or CSR programme, other questions determine whether the intervention actually works. A reusable pad isn't simply a product to distribute. It's part of a menstrual-health system involving product quality, user preferences, water and sanitation, education, privacy, care practices, supply reliability and ongoing support. The World Health Organization defines menstrual health as more than access to materials, it includes information, effective products, acceptable WASH facili...