Red Moon Campaign

The Story

Period poverty is defined as a lack of access to safe and sanitary sanitary goods as a result of budgetary restrictions. When you only have enough money to pick between food and heating, period products soon go to the bottom of the priority list. It exists not just in wealthy countries, but also in developing ones such as Malaysia. "It is projected that 130,000 Malaysian adolescent women from B40 (bottom 40%) families do not have access to hygienic items like sanitary napkins due to budgetary restrictions," Tengku Zafrul remarked during the Budget 2022 tabling. Teenage women's health and personal cleanliness are critical in order to prevent potential health risks and school dropouts. Many people who cannot afford the expense of menstrual products every month resort to employing unsafe techniques. Lower-income women may use coconut husks or 'kain batik' for their periods, according to Malaysia's National Population and Development Board.

I feel compelled to highlight this problem because I believe the price of sanitary pads is exceptionally expensive and the money could be utilised to cover my living expenses at university. I have a strong suspicion that a good number of other individuals share my viewpoint and think they are obligated to develop a solution to this issue.

One reusable sanitary pad is supplied for every RM15 contributed. Each beneficiary will get at least two reusable sanitary pads. Our skilled refugee artisans create these reusable sanitary pads. As a result, each donation has two levels of impact: health and economic.