Activities: International non-government organisation implementing programmes. Training and information with students, parents and community leaders. Distribution of menstrual cups to schoolgirls and mothers. Follow- up and monitoring of menstrual cup usage.
Website: www.actionaid.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Actionaidmalawi/
Twitter: @actionaidinternationalmalawi
Contact: [email protected]
The Cova Project distributes menstrual cups and menstrual health education to girls and women in developing communities. We work closely with local partners to reach girls who live without access to safe menstrual care and suffer financial distress. We believe in access, education and dignity for all women.
Website https://www.thecovaproject.com
Email Address [email protected]
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thecovaproject
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thecovaproject
Activities: Consultancy services to NGOs and funders reviewing their menstrual health provision to use menstrual cups. This includes advice, capacity building, training of trainers, curriculum development, programme planning, implementation, co-design, and strategy development. The Cup Effect also leads and takes part in global menstrual health advocacy initiatives, with a focus on challenging misconceptions about menstrual cups and promoting informed choice.
Website: www.TheCupEffect.org
Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/TheCupEffect
Twitter: @TheCupEffect
Instagram: @the_cup_effect
Contact: [email protected]
Activities: Developing new initiatives with starter menstrual cup projects among vulnerable communities. Advocacy at workshops and conferences.
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Dorcas-International-554039251370119/
Activities: Conducted first successful feasibility study of menstrual cups with training, distribution and follow up in 2016. Girl Guides and leaders trained in use and training of cups, work in rural and urban areas with partners The Cup Effect, Central African Wilderness Safaris, SafeHands for Mothers and World Menstrual Network.
Website: https://www.wagggs.org/en/our-world/africa/member-organizations/malawi/
Facebook page: YESS GIRLS Movement – Malawi Girl Guides Association
Contact: [email protected]
We create socially beneficial products and services that are tailored to solving issues in local communities. Affordable, effective, sustainable, and consistently available solutions to real-world problems.
Website https://www.projecteverest.ventures
Email Address [email protected]
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/projecteverestventures
Twitter https://twitter.com/peventures
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/projecteverest
Environment, education, health and reproductive health projects in rural Malawi – including distributing & training 100 menstrual cups with women and boarding school girls.
Website http://www.rippleafrica.org
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RIPPLE-Africa-372562307265
Twitter https://twitter.com/rippleafrica
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rippleafrica
Activities: Through a ‘Buy One Give One’ model and partnerships with non-government organisations, Ruby Cups and education are given to girls and women in vulnerable communities.
Website: rubycup.com
Website: http://rubycup.com/how-we-give/
Contact: [email protected]
Activities: Quality documentary videos about menstrual and reproductive health including Malawi promoting menstrual cups. Partners include Malawi Girl Guides Association, UNICEF, World Health Organisation, Comic Relief, UNFPA, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, IPPF and World Menstrual Network.
Website: https://www.safehands.org/
Website: ItsAMenstrualCup.com
Twitter @SafeHands
Contact: [email protected]
Activities: Promoting education and alleviating poverty in Kasungu District, Malawi. We have built classrooms, provided solar lights, mosquito nets and reusable menstrual pads. Now distributing menstrual cups, with local trainers and cleaning pots made in the market. Partners with Malawi Girl Guides Association, Ruby Cups and World Menstrual Network.
We provide free menstrual cups and instructions in Malawi, through work, school, village and church groups. Each female is given her cup in an organic cotton bag, with a set of instructions in Chichewa, a bar of antibacterial soap in beeswax wrap; and a recycled food tin for boiling the cup. We follow up 2-3 months later to answer questions.
Website http://www.ufulu.org
Email Address [email protected]
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/endingperiodpoverty
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ufulu_malawi
Activities: Connects and informs organizations working in menstrual health, anywhere in the world and especially East and Southern Africa. WoMeN also advises INGOs and governments on menstrual cup project implementation, educational materials and training. Advocacy on menstrual cups through media, workshops and conferences.
Contact via www.janiehampton.co.uk
