Gallery – MENstruation Foundation

Yes you can use tampons in different ways!! But th

Yes you can use tampons in different ways!! But the use of a tampon for a nose bleed definitely isn’t in the top 3 🫣 Women all over the world suffer from period poverty and can not even afford a tampon during their menstrual cycle. This is something we have to change together.

Join our fight and donate or partner with us through our link in BIO 🔝 or email us at info@menstruation.foundation ❤️🩸

#canada #worldcup #tampon #periodpoverty #soccer #canadasoccer #football #southafrica #menstruationfoundation

Name our pad competition winners 🥳❤️ thank

Name our pad competition winners 🥳❤️ thank you very much to everyone who has supported us and participated. Thank you to @infinetix_za & @susanstanleys_do_wine for the wonderful gifts 🎁

To the next one!! Stay tuned, like and share our posts and let’s end period poverty together 🩸❤️

Thank you @libertypromenademall_za for all you hav

Thank you @libertypromenademall_za for all you have done for our very first school in Mitchell’s Plain. It was a pleasure to be your guests and interact with your students.

#fightperiodpoverty #menstruationfoundation #periods
#periodhealth #menstrualhygene

Big energy at Athlone High School last week!! Than

Big energy at Athlone High School last week!! Thank you @teleperformance_sa for contributing to 4 machines last week alone! You’re going to positively impact the lives and educational journeys of thousands of school girls ❤️🩸 Thank you for fighting period poverty with us.

Your Menstruation Foundation family 🩸

Happy birthday to the legend himself! Philani you’re a pillar for the girls at O’Grace Land and for Menstruation Foundation. Thank you for all your work, dedication and perseverance in making this world a better place. You are appreciated and loved. Wishing you an incredible birthday from us to you ❤️🩸

The impact work never stops - from Maluti to Atlan

The impact work never stops - from Maluti to Atlantis to Gugulethu to Dobsonville and more.

Upskill and fight poverty with education and opportunity.
To empower people financially is to empower people to fight period poverty.

It is all related.

#periodpoverty #upskill #education #fightpoverty

Super Siv ❤️🩸 happy birthday to our founder

Super Siv ❤️🩸 happy birthday to our founder and director 💥

Happy birthday to our founder and our inspiration

Happy birthday to our founder and our inspiration @sivngesi ❤️❤️❤️ we love you, thank you for all you do for menstrual poverty across South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

For today’s feature, we have Ashley De Lange, a

For today’s feature, we have Ashley De Lange, a member of our MENstruation family and more:

🩸She is an ambassador and spokesperson for the cause.

🩸An established South African actress.

🩸An true activist for women empowerment

As she says: “end the shame, change the game”

#ashley#menstruation #endperiodpoverty #southafrica #capetown

Proud would be an understatement. @sivngesi our fo

Proud would be an understatement. @sivngesi our founder is part of the @womankingmovie with Viola Davis 😍😍😍!!!!

Such an important movie and a movement for women all over the world!

Thank you Siv for always doing your best and fighting for the rights and representation of others.

We love you and we are so proud of you!

#woman #womanking #sivngesi #menstruation #foundation

The team always up to so much good! Offering fre

The team always up to so much good!

Offering free entrepreneurship and hospitality training by only the best in the business ❤️🩸

#endpoverty #capetown #entrepreneurship #hospitality #atlantis

COMPETITION TIME!!! LAST CALL! ❤️ Celebrate w

The MEN is menstruation!!! 😍😍🩸❤️ Wind

The MEN is menstruation!!! 😍😍🩸❤️ Windhoek Draught Griquas united with a local OK to support our cause.

Thank you SA Rugby for supporting us the way you do. We see you and appreciate all you and your members do for us.

#sarugby #menstruationfoundation #southafrica #endperiodpoverty

Another big thank you to the Cheetahs for supporti

Another big thank you to the Cheetahs for supporting the cause ❤️🩸👏🏅

Some snaps from the event this past month. We love seeing fellow South Africans uniting for a common cause.

Watch this space this week for more updates, videos and pictures from other incredible donors, supporters and collaborators from the sports and Rugby industry. 💫💪🏼

🩸DONATION LINK IN BIO 🩸

#cheetahs #sarugby #menstruationfoundation #endperiodpoverty #southafrica #unite

Helping from the heart ❤️ This time for Brid

Helping from the heart ❤️

This time for Bridgetown High in Athlone with @fnbsa 🩸

Period poverty is everywhere and it affects millions every single day.

Donate to the cause.

#period #periodpoverty #endperiodpoverty #capetown

This beautiful QR allows anyone who wants to donat

This beautiful QR allows anyone who wants to donate to do so without complications. If you are willing and able, just scan and make a contribution to the fight against period poverty 🩸❤️ #MENstruation Foundation.

#periodpoverty #dignity #fightagainstperiodpoverty #menstruation

Up and beyond!!! Thank you Siv Ngesi 👑 🩸❤️‍🔥for fighting against period poverty every single day of your life. We see you, we appreciate you.

DSTV Content Creator Awards - Cause Award WINNER!! 🥹👑🥰❤️
@contentcreatorawardssa #dstv #causes #sanitarypads #vendingmachine #sustainability

🩸💧This time around an applause for @meltwate

🩸💧This time around an applause for @meltwater Cape Town office for donating three packs of pads to help many many young girls go through that time of the month with dignity.

#meltwater #menstruation #menstruationfoundationza #period #periodpoverty #fightperiodpoverty

Two teams, one cause ❤️‍🔥 Donate R60 and

Two teams, one cause ❤️‍🔥

Donate R60 and provide for a woman in need for an entire year.

🩸Simply scan the QR code, on our post and website, and donate. #sarugby

#capetown #johannesburg #durban #endperiodpoverty #sarugby #sarugbywomeninsport #futureisfemale

It has been a busy month for us and many others ou

It has been a busy month for us and many others out there. As we approach silly season, get ready to enter our “name our pad” competition and win top quality pads whilst contributing to doing a lot of good for many women and young ladies here in SA. 🙏🏼❤️🔥

Competition is running till September 29h.

We can’t wait to see your entries ❤️

Thank you and let’s gooo!
- MENstruation Foundation team

#menstruation #foundation #menstruationfoundation #win #pads #southafrica #thefutureisfemale

#AdcockIngram for Durban ❤️💥 Women's Month

#AdcockIngram for Durban ❤️💥

Women's Month has been incredible as we create more impact throughout our beautiful country.

Thank you Philani for your relentless dedication to the cause. We admire and love you.

@sivngesi has been nominated for the @contentcreat

@sivngesi has been nominated for the @contentcreatorawardssa for his work within the #periodpoverty movement, creating the @menstruationfoundationza to ensure the #girlchild stays in school and doesn't miss a period due to a period!

Whilst being the reason we are all able be here ri

Whilst being the reason we are all able be here right now, menstruation still remains stigmatized all over the world.

According to UNICEF: "Menstruation is a normal and healthy part of life for most women. Roughly half of the female population -- around 26 per cent of the global population[i] -- are of reproductive age. Most women menstruate each month for about two to seven days. Yet, as normal as it is, menstruation is stigmatized around the world.

A lack of information about menstruation leads to damaging misconceptions and discrimination, and can cause girls to miss out on normal childhood experiences and activities. Stigma, taboos and myths prevent adolescent girls -- and boys -- from the opportunity to learn about menstruation and develop healthy habits.

“At UNICEF, we envision a world where every girl can learn, play, and safeguard her own health without experiencing stress, shame, or unnecessary barriers to information or supplies during menstruation," said Sanjay Wijesekera UNICEF Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. “Meeting the hygiene needs of all adolescent girls is a fundamental issue of human rights, dignity, and public health.”

Another wrap! This time for Cloetesville High 🙏

Another wrap! This time for Cloetesville High 🙏💥

Thank you to @pep_southafrica for sponsoring this machine and helping students through their educational and menstrual health journeys.

🔴 Women's Month has been incredible - 35 pad vending machine installations and lots and lots of dedication on behalf of our team and our entire community.

For donations and collaborations please get in touch with our team - link in BIO 🙏

#womensmonth #padvendingmachine #capetown #highschool #sanitarypads #endperiodpoverty #period #sanitary #menstrualhealth #menstruationfoundation

We celebrate all womxn not only today but every ot

We celebrate all womxn not only today but every other day- like it should be.

🩸end period poverty🩸

#endperiodpoverty #menstruationfoundationza #womensday

COMPETITION TIME‼️ Celebrate women’s month

Today’s feature: The fabulous @khiweg.musicza

Today’s feature:

The fabulous @khiweg.musicza 🤩

▪️ambassador @menstruationfoundationza & @o_grace_land
▪️acclaimed Afro-soul musician 🎤
▪️CEO @krowned.by.khiwe & Amber Zeal productions
▪️content creator
▪️uterine health enthusiast

“End the stigma & the shame- end period poverty”

We love and adore you sister.

Ps. Catch her live THIS SUNDAY 31 July 2022 @ 91 Loop street❕👏

#musician #ambassador #queen #menstruationmatters #inspirational

MANDELA DAY 18/07/22 Thanks to @ignitefitnessglo

MANDELA DAY 18/07/22

Thanks to @ignitefitnessglobal and everyone who shows we are able to help those in need‼️

Come & sweat for a good cause- you can still attend till 25/07 and a pack of sanitary pads gets you in‼️

#mandeladay2022 #southafrica #npo #sanitarypads #periodpovery #endperiodpoverty #togetherwecan

“It always seems impossible until it is done”

“It always seems impossible until it is done”

❤️HAPPY MANDELA DAY❤️

We salute you Tata🇿🇦

#nelsonmandela #mandeladay2022 #southafrica #menstruationfoundationza

Our own two @saftassa nominees!! Congratulations

Our own two @saftassa nominees!!

Congratulations @sivngesi & @_ashley_de_lange_ ‼️

Proud to call you ours❤️👏

#actors #nominees #awards #proud

WE ARE CELEBRATING MANDELA DAY AT @ignitefitnessgl

WE ARE CELEBRATING MANDELA DAY AT @ignitefitnessglobal ‼️

Bring a pack of sanitary pads for entrance and help us fight #periodproperty ❕❕

“It is in your hands, to make a better world for all who live in it.”
-Nelson Mandela ❤️

#nelsonmandela #mandeladay2022 #18july #NPO #Ignitefitness #endperiodpoverty #event #southafrica

Today’s feature: @sinalojafta10 👏🤙 |Wic

Today’s feature:

@sinalojafta10 👏🤙

|Wicketkeeper batter for the Momentum Proteas 🏏
|Fouder of SJ10 Foundation 🤝
|Director & ambassador for @menstruationfoundationza
|Female cricket star🇿🇦

“It should not even be a problem to solve” 🩸🩸🩸

We salute you sister‼️

#femalefeature #empowerment #menstruationmatters #endperiodpoverty #period #NPO

Today’s feature: @babalwa_latsha 👏🏆 -S

Today’s feature:

@babalwa_latsha 👏🏆

-South African Women’s rugby legend
-Board member at @o_grace_land
-Ambassador & spokesperson @menstruationfoundationza
-Coach 🏉

Passionate about female dignity & womxn empowerment 👏

We appreciate you Queen B❕

#femaleempowerment #ambassador #femalerugbyplayer #proudlysouthafrican #menstruationmatters

We fight for our cause‼️ And you? #endingp

We fight for our cause‼️

And you?

#endingperiodpoverty

‼️MEET THE TEAM‼️ People passionate abou

‼️MEET THE TEAM‼️

People passionate about changing lives ❤️🩸

Wanna know more?
Head over to our website:
www.menstruation.foundation

#squad #endperiodpoverty #menstruationfoundation #npo #team #femaleempowerment #padvendingmachine

The womxn of MENSTRUATION FOUNDATION ❤️🤍🖤

Together we stand to end #periodpoverty in RSA‼️

EVERY WOMXN DESERVES FREE ACCESS TO SANITARY PRODUCTS- PERIOD❕

We will not stop until that is our reality.

#femaleempowerment #period #npo #girlpower #menstruation #southafrica #dignity

Today’s Feature: Sivuyile Ngesi aka Siv 🏆

Today’s Feature:

Sivuyile Ngesi aka Siv 🏆

|Co- founder of @menstruationfoundationza
|International actor
|Menstrual health activist
|Female dignity enthusiast
|Legend and hero

“If men bled once a month- sanitary pads would be free”

We love you @sivngesi 🙏❤️

HAPPY YOUTH DAY FROM US TO YOU❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤🤍🤍🤍

#strongertogether

ITS INTERNATIONAL MENSTRUAL HYGIENE DAY‼️ Our

ITS INTERNATIONAL MENSTRUAL HYGIENE DAY‼️

Our team spent it at Langa High and we installed another pad vending machine for the lovely young ladies of Langa.

We were received with warm open arms and felt so privileged to be able to do what we do in order to create awareness, make a difference and ultimately #endperiodpoverty ‼️

EVERY menstruating womxn should have free access to sanitary products and we will not stop until it has become a reality‼️

Thank you to our amazing sponsors who teamed up with us for today, without you it would not have been possible.
@avibrands & INDIGO 👏

We hope this post inspires you🙏
Change a life- donate a pad🙌🙌🏿🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏾

#period #internationalmenstrualhygieneday #awareness #NPO #southafrica #menstruationmatters

Yesterday our team donated 4000 pads to @angelsofh

Yesterday our team donated 4000 pads to @angelsofhopecpt charity organization AS WELL AS 2500 pads to Tygerberg Hospital’s oncology unit 👏❤️

Go team‼️

#endingperiodpoverty #menstruationfoundationza

A bold statement and a bold truth: WHY do we ins

A bold statement and a bold truth:

WHY do we install sanitary PAD vending machines and not tampons, menstrual cups or reusable pads?

We live in a third world country and our mission is to END PERIOD POVERTY in RSA.
The fact is that the majority of our womxn menstruating:
a)live in poverty
b)do not have access to hot or running water
c)are culturally forbidden to use tampons or cups

We do support all of the different sanitary products, labels and initiatives and believe that we should all be environmentally concious, however, the sad truth is that in our country only a very small portion of people can afford to be.

Once we end period poverty, we believe that we can shift focus to other problems.

#truth #periodpoverty #thirdworldsociety

DID YOU KNOW⁉️ The origin of sanitary pads da

Gauteng & Bloem- we came, we saw, we installed‼️

Thank you to all of our sponsors who continue allow us to change lives.

Ending #periodproperty one school at a time‼️❤️🩸

#menstruationmatters #period #change #npo #bethechange #southafrica

We teamed up with @safepadsouthafrica & @kickoffth

We teamed up with @safepadsouthafrica & @kickoffthedialogue in support of worldwide menstrual health and education.

Let’s end the “taboo” and kick off the dialogue!! 🩸

#menstruationmatters #awareness #NPO #menstrualhygiene #menstruationfoundationza

The truth is scary and it’s time that people kne

The truth is scary and it’s time that people knew.

This is our WHY‼️

#endperiodpoverty #southafrica #thetruth #facts

Team meetings with the family🩸❤️🏠‼️

Team meetings with the family🩸❤️🏠‼️

Period Poverty- WE ARE COMING FOR YOU 👊🦾

#endingperiodpoverty #RSA #NPO #menstruationmatters

Our boys T’d off for a good cause!⛳️ @menst

Our boys T’d off for a good cause!⛳️

@menstruationfoundationza & @o_grace_land golf day at the Durbanville golf club today.

Lekker boytjies!! 🦾👏

UPDATE❤️‍🔥📍‼️ We recently did a f

UPDATE❤️‍🔥📍‼️

We recently did a fundraiser for Du Noon school for their own vending machine and Rotary Century City was there to help us!

Many thanks to everyone involved!

#fundraising #NPO #periodpoverty #menstruationmatters #southafrica

We are the first sanitary product vending machine

We are the first sanitary product vending machine in Africa 🚺
We are completely environmentally friendly♻️
We will end #periodpoverty in Africa🤝
We believe in female empowerment❗️
We promote and reinstate female dignity🦋
We are here to change the world 🌍
We are a team of warriors ⚡️

We are @menstruationfoundationza 🩸

For more about us and what we do click on the link in our bio!!

#periodpoverty #menstruationmatters #NPO #change #southafrica #vendingmachine #togetherwecan #endingperiodpoverty

Zinzi is a 14 year old girl, fresh to high school

Zinzi is a 14 year old girl, fresh to high school and excited for her new chapter.
She hasn’t gotten her period just yet, but knows that it might come soon since all of her friends are already menstruating.

One day, during break, one of her friends realised it must have just happened since Zinzi has been walking around with a blood stained skirt.

Luckily Zinzi had a friend to help her, so she gave her a jersey to tie around her waist and took her to the bathroom where they had to use toilet paper because neither Zinzi nor her friend had any sanitary products with them or the finances to purchase it.

Zinzi had to endure her first day of becoming a women without proper products and chose to miss school for the duration of her period due to the fact that neither her nor her family have the means to buy any of these products.

THIS SCENARIO IS SO REAL AND SO RELEVANT IN OUR COUNTRY‼️

We need to normalise period talk and boost the dignity of these ladies, along with providing them reliable and free access to these products.

THIS IS WHAT WE DO 🤝🩸

END THE SHAME- CHANGE THE GAME
END PERIOD POVERTY IN RSA

#normaliseperiodtalk #dignity #period #menstruationmatters #southafrica #periodpoverty

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes? Thi

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes?

This is how we fill up our vending machines so that our ladies have free access to sanitary pads every month!!

Condoms are free- Sanitary pads should be too!!

#menstrualhealthmatters #periodpoverty #changelives
#togetherwecan #southafrica #padvendingmachine

Another day another machine! Thanks to @theatlas

Another day another machine!

Thanks to @theatlascharity & @atlas_southafrica we were able to donate yet another vending machine to ladies in need!

We are honoured to serve our girls and be a voice for period poverty in our country.

Thank you @babalwa_latsha for always showing up and inspiring our young ladies, we salute you!

And As always, our partner @o_grace_land graced us with their support and belief in this project.

We will not stop until period poverty is a thing of the past in AFRICA🩸‼️

#periodpoverty #menstruationmatters #menstruationfoundationza
#bethechange #strongertogether #southafrica

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