India’s First Digital Sanitary pad Bank leaps in the Second Year

by Shrutee K/DNS                                           

Mumbai 28 May 2018: In an attempt to bring the menstrual hygiene first priority MLA Dr. Bharati Lavekar founder of ‘Tee Foundation Sanitary pad bank’ has set up an exemplary example. The Ngo that works for creating awareness to use sanitary napkins, menstrual health, sanitation, and hygiene is going to complete one year on 28th May 2018.

Tee Foundation sanitary pad bank provides free sanitary napkins to tribal women and non-tribal women, school students, Adivasi ashram schools. As a part of her initiative, TEE Foundation has recently adopted 52 Municipal Schools from the city of Mumbai. An Adivasi Ashram School in Junnar, Pune district for a monthly distribution of Sanitary Pads, Disposal Pouches and Vitamin Tablets to all the girls, in a bit to inculcate healthy sanitary habits from a young age. She said “Girls from BMC schools comes from financially weak families and they cannot afford to purchase sanitary pads. Our ‘Tee foundation sanitary pad bank’ distributes free sanitary pads to financially weak woman and girls. Today we are spreading a message of menstrual hygiene and sanitation amongst 4.5 thousand students by distributing 10 sanitary pads and disposal pouch. Used sanitary pads can be disposed of in this pouches.” Every month this 4.5 thousand girl would be given 10 free sanitary pads.”

A sitting MLA from Versova was moved by the plight of a woman who was unable to afford and get access to sanitary napkins. She heard about the various menstruation practices and was shocked to hear that some woman said they use old ragged clothes, dried leaves, papers, the fur of hen, leaves of maize, putting sand in a cloth to absorb their natural flow.

Quite rightly she is one of the chosen faces of the #Narishakti movement initiated by our Hon. PM Shri Narendra Modi ji. Dr. Bharati Lavekar has made it her life's mission to fight for the rights of woman menstrual issues and her mission has leveraged to a height that now she receives emails from nations like Pakistan, Africa, Afganistan which demands to provide sanitary napkins. Anyone can join this social movement, the person has to log on to the website http://teefoundation.in and can call on the number.