Comments on: Rags-to-Pads: your chance to help rural Indian women

By: three great things happening in Delhi right now | Our Delhi Struggle

three great things happening in Delhi right now | Our Delhi Struggle — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:53:29 +0000

[...] Long-time readers of this blog will remember Rags to Pads, a fundraising effort Jenny and I put together to help address two problems at once: to improve [...]

By: Rags to Pads featured on NPR! « Our Delhi Struggle

Rags to Pads featured on NPR! « Our Delhi Struggle — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:51:26 +0000

[...] girls out in rural Uttar Pradesh. But their area has few economic opportunities for its graduates. Our fundraiser was meant to solve this problem and address a serious health problem at the same time: Pardada [...]

By: Erika

Erika — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:24:46 +0000

HI,
I have been reading through some of these responses. I’m not sure if you have solved the problem yet, but I was doing some research. And have found a really good product that is a type of cup you insert, and then empty when it gets full.They recommend replacing the cup every year. Anyhow here is the site….
Divacup.com
Divacup.com

By: an important time to give « Our Delhi Struggle

an important time to give « Our Delhi Struggle — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:08:31 +0000

[...] India. We support them in many ways: Jenny was employed by them, we volunteer for them, we’ve raised money for them (and many of you, we’re proud to say, donated). This opportunity is one of their biggest yet, [...]

By: sg

sg — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:36:46 +0000

thats so sad

By: Elisa

Elisa — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:46:47 +0000

Take a look at http://www.goods4girls.org.

They have a cloth pad donation program for various African countries.

It seems to me like the people in India trying to get this going see disposables as something more modern than the old way. The pad designs posted by others in the comments here are also more modern and I hope that your contacts in India can find a way to change their plan and manufacture re-usable pads instead of disposables. $5000 and a bunch of donated saris will probably provide a lot more menstrual protection that $5k of wood pulp and cotton.

By: help put Rags-to-Pads over the top! « Our Delhi Struggle

help put Rags-to-Pads over the top! « Our Delhi Struggle — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:11:24 +0000

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By: High Priestess

High Priestess — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:03:28 +0000

I had so much problem with getting rid of pads when I was living in UP, that I just started using cloth myself – gumchas, that I could wash after and re-use my next period.

When I used pads I either had to burn them – a trip to do in India when everyone is watching every move a gori makes, or I had to save them, wrap them up in newspaper paper and put them in a plastic bag and take a rickshaw out to a private road where few people were and just throw them, yeah, I had to litter.

There is no proper systems for garbage disposal in much of India.

Quite frankly, if the sari cloth they use is clean, I think that is a better option. But I remember having to wash out the gumcha cloth I used and that was also a trip – I was sharing a joint water pump with another family.

Everything is so difficult in India, I tell ya!

By: I am a horrible person and I’ll tell you why « OnParkStreet

I am a horrible person and I’ll tell you why « OnParkStreet — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:20:40 +0000

[...] 10, 2008 · No Comments Because, I was asked to link to this charity, Rags-to-Pads by the wonderful blog, Our Delhi Struggle, and forgot until today. It really does look like a [...]

By: jenny and dave

jenny and dave — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:33:20 +0000

Ms –
“I get the feeling that PP is hoping to keep a business model where they help girls by making a product that has to be disposed. ”

I can assure you that, from our firsthand experience, PP is always concerned only with what is best for the girls. I encourage you to read more about the organization on their website. What they have done in this village in just 8 years is quite extraordinary:
http://www.education4change.org/

“Reusable pads would translate into a one time sale and over a period of time sales would flatline. ”
In 8 years,the school has grown from 45 girls to 1,000. When I went to the school back in April, Sam Singh told me that if they could take all the girls of school age in the area, they would have 40,000 students. With these kinds of numbers, I doubt the sales would ever flatline.