In Kenya, many girls are bullied and seen as dirty when they are on their period. Within many communities, there is a lack of education and understanding of menstruation as a whole. Through our tra...

In 2019 Pauline was one of the young women who went through our training programme and received one of our Kujuwa kits. Pauline was selected as a peer leader and took part in our residential camp. Pau...

Introducing the captivating "Eyes Wide Open Fundraising Campaign," a powerful collaboration between Kujuwa Initiative and renowned illustrator Miriam Latimer. We decided to combine art and advocacy to...

In Kenya, approximately 65% of women and girls cannot afford sanitary products. It's time to change that narrative and empower them with confidence during their periods! With our Kujuwa Kit, we'r...

Bernice*, a young girl aged 13 from one of our project schools has now become one of our Peer Educators having received training through our school programme and our residential camp.nullOur training...

It can take a disposable sanitary pad at least 500 years to decompose because of the plastic contained in them. (National Geographic, 2019). Statistics also show on average each woman will use and di...

In Kenya alone, 50% of school-age girls do not have access to sanitary products and many miss up to 25% of their education due to the stigma attached to menstruation and the fear of soiling their clot...

So far we have produced over 20,000 washable sanitary pads and donated over 10,000 through our community work, school programmes and residential training camps. Alongside our washable pads, we supp...