ABOUT THE PROJECT

The project is implemented in 5 Gram Panchayats of Hussainabad
block, Palamu district, Jharkhand. Under the project, a women-led
enterprise has been established to produce low cost sanitary napkins for the promotion of healthy menstrual hygiene practices.
Women from local communities act as a distributors and seller which gives them an alternative livelihood opportunity.

OBJECTIVES

· To establish an enterprise and start manufacturing low cost/hygienic sanitary napkins in a scientific way for better health and hygiene among rural women and girls.
· To engage unemployed rural women and girls in production and marketing thus providing an alternative livelihood opportunity for them.
· To provide and supply low cost and quality sanitary napkins for rural women at a comparatively low price compared to market rates
· To popularize and sensitize the use of sanitary napkins among rural women and girls to prevent them from contracting reproductive tract infections and ensure better health.