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Empowering Young Women with Menstrual Health

Empowering Young Women with Menstrual Health

Grootbos Foundation

Empowering Young Women with Menstrual Health

This holiday season, our dedicated coaches have put together free packs of sanitary pads for all the girls and young women involved in Grootbos Foundation programmes. These packs are being distributed across multiple sites, including local schools, the Gansbaai clinic, Badisa’s social welfare office, and in collaboration with iMed Africa. With these efforts, we ensure that teens and young women have easy and dignified access to sanitary pads and menstrual health resources, empowering them to stay confident and healthy.

Empowering Young Women with Menstrual Health

Grootbos Foundation

Grootbos Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation in Gansbaai dedicated to conserving the Cape Floral Kingdom while uplifting the communities that call it home. The foundation protects over 22,200 hectares of fynbos and biodiversity across Grootbos Private Nature Reserve and the Walker Bay...

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