Projects in Switzerland

Activities in Switzerland

Sewing in the Catholic Church of Köniz

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n 2024, a group of women in Köniz, Bern, came together to produce Dorena Pads for girls in Cameroon. Through their collective effort, they successfully met the menstrual hygiene needs of 245 girls, ensuring they could manage their periods with dignity and comfort.

Sewing with the Zharity Group in Zurich

Sewing in Zurich Zharity has recently initiated a new project to make reusable feminine hygiene pads for those in need.  Our first effort will support an agency that sends these pads already to women/girls in Cameroon.  This organization also provides education to these same girls/women about menstruation.  Our goal is to provide 500 finished feminine pads for this organization by Fall 2023. 

https://www.zharity.ch/zharity-reusablepadproject

Sewing in Wohlen Bern

1650 sanitary towels for women’s projects in countries with difficult access to hygiene materials in collaboration with Geminde Wohlen – BE

Affordable and safe hygiene products are a scarce commodity in many places. The sewing project aims to provide practical help in this area.from Wohlen… A good year ago – when the sewing meeting in the Kipferhaus could no longer take place – we decided on a project that would enable regular,

https://www.kg-wohlenbe.ch/de/wohlener-fluechtlingsarbeit/projekt-2022/?fbclid=IwAR3eJUWXVQgAIXCtvMu0wvHpm_1HDCE5soAbaLaRzxERlzjJiBX-BBdGOHs

Der Bund

Girls sneak out of school during their days……. find our more 

https://www.derbund.ch/verschaemt-schleichen-maedchen-waehrend-ihrer-tage-aus-der-schule-314888141356

Rouge -Welt.ch

In collaboration with the Rouge Group in Zurich. Menstruation as a natural and positive feature of the biologically female body is often socially, politically or religiously tabooed – whether out of ignorance, insecurity or calculation. This is not worthy of a modern and enlightened society. We therefore make it our mission to combat ignorance,

https://rouge-welt.ch

Thank You

A big thank you to this passionate woman for producing 300 Dorena Wahable pads to help girls stay in school in Cameroon. Thank you Mrs. B. Zimmerman. We need many more helping hands. We will send a muster 

Also another thank you to Mrs E. for his non stop dedication to girl in Cameroon

Thank You

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