Initiative to promote reusable menstrual products in Nagawala village in Mysuru

Reusable menstrual products being distributed to ASHA Workers and anganwadi teachers in Nagawala village in the run up to the project to promote use of reusable menstrual products instead of single use sanitary pads among women. (Source: Special Arrangement)

Hasiru Dala, a non-profit organisation working for the welfare of waste pickers in selected cities of Karnataka, is embarking up on a project to promote the use of reusable menstrual products instead of single-use sanitary pads among women and selected Nagawala gram panchayat in Chamundeshwari assembly constituency Mysuru for its pilot programme.

Under the project, an estimated 2,000 girls and women from 12 to 45 years falling under all the five villages of the gram panchayat will be provided cloth pads and menstrual cups in a bid to convert the entire gram panchayat as ‘Zero Sanitary Waste Gram Panchayat’.