The Pad Pantry is a converted shipping container placed in rural and peri‑urban communities where girls and women lack access to menstrual products. Each pantry provides essential supplies and menstrual health education—ensuring dignity, access, and opportunity.
Across Kenya, as in many places, a quiet crisis unfolds every month. Bright, capable girls with dreams of becoming teachers, doctors, and leaders are forced to stay home—not because they are unwell, but because they cannot afford a basic menstrual product.
Nearly 65% of women and girls in Kenya cannot afford or access menstrual products. When a family must choose between food and pads, girls go without—and lose an average of 39 school days each year as a result. Globally, approximately 35% of women and girls lack access to proper hygiene supplies. We aim to correct these numbers, starting in Kenya, with the goal of replicating the concept far and wide.
For so many girls, menstruation becomes a barrier to education, dignity, safety, and the future they deserve.