The AFRIpads Foundation's mission is to empower women and girls through the provision of AFRIpads: locally produced, reusable sanitary pads.

• Created to raise money and buy reusable (washable) sanitary pads for vulnerable girls in developing countries.
• Empowering Ugandan schoolgirls with the protection and confidence they need to attend school, no matter what time of the month.
• All girls have the right to hygienic solutions for their period.

The AFRIpads Foundation, established in July 2010, was created to raise funds and distribute reusable sanitary pads for vulnerable girls in Uganda. The AFRIpads Foundation believes that all girls have the right to hygienic solutions for their period. This is why they raise funds to provide disadvantaged girls, who lack the means to buy an AFRIpads Menstrual Kit themselves. For instance, girls living in refugee camps, who may not have the means to purchase their own pads.

For only 7,50 euro one girl can be provided with an AFRIpads Menstrual Kit, which can support her to manage her period for an entire year.

AFRIpads invest in providing reusable pads because of the clear cost benefits they create. Reusable pads can be washed, dried and used again for a minimum of 12 months making them a highly cost-effective solution. To put it into perspective, one AFRIpads Standard 4-pack is three times more affordable than a year’s supply of disposable pads!

AFRIpads exists because menstruation should not be a barrier for any woman or girl, anywhere. Women and girls are the backbone of our societies and they deserve access to safe and dignified solutions to manage their periods to allow them rise to their dreams and achieve their true potential.