This project was started by Christine Keller and Joined by Riley Young for people with periods. We are based in Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.
We are frustrated by single use commercial, plastic-laden period products and want to educate about healthier alternatives. The solutions for period care do not need to be bought but can be made inexpensively by sewing period pads ourselves. We will encourage people to rethink their period management and consider starting their own sewing groups to make pads for themselves and their local communities.
When we started this project, it soon became obvious that washable pads are also a good solution for bladder weakness. Getting together provides a good platform for talking about periods and leakage in a safe place and allows us to work towards the removal stigma, which has been taught to women for generations.
Since February 2024 we are meeting in North East Valley to sew pads for education kits to demonstrate how those pads can be used for periods.
Disclaimer: We are not medically trained and seeking advice from us does not replace consulting a medical practitioner. If you have any health concerns, please talk to your doctor or nurse.
We Organise activities that get people talking about healthier periods and bladder care to normalise communicating these activities of daily life.
We produce online resources for anyone at no cost to work actively against period poverty.
We are presently developing workshops for teachers and community leaders to spread the information broadly.
We accept donations and pay what feels right payments from anyone who wants to support our project. The funds of our charitable project are held by the Gift Trust and tax receipts for donations can be issued in New Zealand.
Testimonials
“… I am still recovering from surgery but doing well.
I have been using the pads and they have been great! I’m hesitant to use my period underwear as they sit tightly over the c-section scar and the pads are such a great option! “