Support for menstrual health for girls in India

Dear Friends,

Merry Christmas and New Year Wishes from the IDF team and Our Communities!

Thank you for your generous support and encouragement throughout the year to promote menstrual health and hygiene among girls and women in India. You have made our lives so easy in that we have had the resources to do what we have needed to do for adolescent girls and women & and change lives.

We are at the tail end of the year and looking back we couldn’t miss out on remembering donors and friends who played a huge role in making this year brighter for our communities. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being the difference. Your support is invaluable to us.

We trust you and your family have a wonderful, safe, blessed Christmas and New Year.

We warmly invite you to consider making a year-end donation to go toward promoting menstrual hygiene management in girls and women in 2024.

Thanks and Regards,
Team IDF

Dear Friends, 

Greetings from the Indian Dreams Foundation!

Indian Dreams Foundation conducted an MHM awareness session with more than 120 girls and women last week. The session was interactive the girls and women enjoyed it a lot and discussed their queries with the MHM Trainer. The hygiene kits were distributed during the workshop to all the participants. 

Details of the session are below;

No. of participants:     120 Community Girls and Women 

Age group:                 13 to 40 years

Area/ Community:       Ambedkar Community Ground, Gadhi Bhadoria, Agra

Topics Covered:          Healthy and hygienic habits during Periods, Importance of Sanitary napkins and how to use Pads.  

The hygiene kit contains: Sanitary napkins, Washing Soap, Bathing Soap 

The team collected a few testimonials from the participants during the session, 

Shushma (name changed) participant said, "My daughter‘s periods started a couple of months ago, I noticed her changing behaviour. She became shy and refused to go to school during periods. I tried to ask the reason but she always refused to discuss me.” She added, “I attended today’s workshop with my daughter and personally received counselling from Didi (the team member), she described everything and talked with my daughter regarding periods. Now I am happy that today I am witness to my daughter’s smile. She is really happy. Thank you IDF’s team for the session”.  

Mona (name changed) 15 years old girl said, "I was afraid during my periods, I thought the blood coming from my vagina was the reason for some illness. I never discussed the periods with anyone but now I can talk about it confidently with you Didi. You are the only one with whom I feel so comfortable and secure talking about my periods' issues. Thank you, Didi”.

Many thanks again for your support and for changing the lives of many girls through MHM education. 

 We will continue to keep you updated about our work, events, and story of change

Thanks & Regards,

Team IDF