#TSLGivesBack to Nepal!

from Clean Water and Sanitation

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.

TSL girls

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.

TSL

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.

 

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    Daphne

    26 Oct 2020, 23:13
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    Anonymous

    23 Oct 2020, 11:51
    Gotten here through TSL's video on TSLGivesBack.
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    6 Oct 2020, 18:44
    Hope this mindset can be re-educated for young ladies in the future.
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    4 Oct 2020, 22:14
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    Anonymous

    2 Oct 2020, 21:10
    I have been to Nepal once for volunteer work and Nepal always has a spot in my heart for the life changing experience it gave me during the trip.
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    Anonymous

    2 Oct 2020, 18:22
    way to change....
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    2 Oct 2020, 01:04
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    Florence Lim

    1 Oct 2020, 23:35
    Hope this small amount will help Worldvision one way or another!
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    1 Oct 2020, 12:44
    Thank you TSL and World Vision! & All the best in your project to make a positive change for the girls!
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    Priscilla Koh

    1 Oct 2020, 00:00
    Their smiles really warmed my heart and thank you tsl for reminding us that we are so blessed to be living in Singapore, and having the ability to spread love to others in smallest ways possible. Today is my birthday and my wish is for God to use me to bless others, and I hope to share what I have with others. Thanks for listening to my story!
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    Anonymous

    30 Sep 2020, 18:37
    I have a soft spot for Nepal, having been enamoured by the place and the people when I was there for 2 base camp treks previously. They are a simple people, and in them, I see contentment. But it is important to remember that life goes on and we cannot deny them the basic human dignity. While I am unable to do this for Nepal now, the least I can do is put money where my mouth is. Thank you TSL for making the world a better place.
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