AWCP Launches Period Poverty Project with Bukas Palad Foundation and EcoPad Gaia

AWCP is proud to announce that we have completed the pilot launch of our Period Poverty Project in collaboration with longtime community service partner Bukas Palad Foundation and reusable sanitary napkins brand EcoPad Gaia.

Participants signing in for the event.

We were joined by residents from Makati Medical Center along with Community Service Co-Chairs, Dr. Lynn Butler and Margie Go, President Denise Faulhaber, and Social Media Co-Chair Alex Go. The residents led an informative session titled Usapang Dalaga ("Girl Talk" in Tagalog), which taught attendees about healthy feminine and menstrual health practices while debunking common myths about our periods. Attendees were encouraged to participate in the discussion and given prizes for questions asked and correct answers given in the quiz portion of the presentation.

"Girl's Talk - Period? That's normal, girl! Let's talk about it."

Makati Med resident discussing what appropriate products we can use to manage our periods, while showing the EcoPad Gaea reusable pad.

After the lecture, each participant was given a pack of six reusable pads to take home and try. We also had a short video from EcoPad Gaia founder Adeline Bondoc introducing the pads and showing how to wash and care for them. We hope that these pads can help them manage their periods in a healthy, sustainable, and dignified way.

Group photo with participants, residents, and AWCP members holding the reusable pads.

Months in the making, we are so glad to have been able to complete this first event! Thank you to our partners, volunteers, and Community Service who made this possible. This is only the first of more outreaches to come, so stay tuned for opportunities to get involved!

Visit the Bukas Palad Foundation website here, and follow them on Facebook.

Follow EcoPad Gaia on Instagram, Facebook, and Shopee.

For questions, please email awcpsocialmedia@gmail.com.