The LaunchPad Project has launched into 2020 with a mission to end period poverty for hundreds more refugee women and girls who lack access to sanitary pads.
Through our continued partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Soroptimist Puberty Organising Toolkit (SPOT), forty new resident participants will be reaching out to over 500 Rohingya and Somali refugees living in Kuala Lumpur to provide them free reusable sanitary pads and the skills to make them. Residents will also deliver knowledge on menstrual hygiene and family planning.
In February 2020, residents visited 2 refugee organisations and the homes of 10 refugee families to get a closer look into their lives and the issues that they face. These visits helped them understand the importance of their roles and the impact they could make in the community.