#TSLGivesBack to Nepal!

by World Vision Singapore

#TSLGivesBack

The Smart Local team visited Sindhuli East, Nepal last December, where they came face to face with girls who are discriminated and deemed unclean because of their period.

In Nepal, it is traditionally believed that women and adolescent girls are temporarily impure and unclean during their time of month. During this time, they are bound by silence as well as shame and face multiple restrictions on who they can meet, where they can go and what they can do. While the practice has been legally banned since 2005, the practice of Chaupadi in Western Nepal still persists and is currently being addressed country wide by World Vision through the building of female toilets, provision of sanitary napkins and holistic menstrual hygiene education. 

Most girls and women cannot afford, neither do they have access to sanitary pads, which means that when they get their period, they have to turn to unhygienic alternatives like dirty rags, dry leaves and sometimes even ashes. Each time their period comes, not only do the girls have to miss school but they also face the risk of infection. As more classes are missed, they fall behind in their studies and many often end up dropping out of school completely.

The TSL team raised funds internally in their office to purchase packs of menstrual health kits, and distributed them in the Nepalese school. They also took time to teach the girls how to use the menstrual health kits, as well as debunked menstrual myths and taboos in the school.

Now, you can join them to help more girls in Nepal! Your donation will help:

• Provide menstrual health starter kits for girls


• Provide female friendly rest areas in schools


• Provide improved Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities in schools


• Provide sanitary pad vending machines in selected schools


• Establish local funding mechanism to help pay for the replenishment of sanitary pads in the pending machine


• Engaging relevant authorities to help debunk menstrual myths and the taboos in the community

Your generous donation creates a kind act with a big impact, sending tangible support to the most vulnerable adolescent girls in Nepal to help keep them in school.