Project Konna
In Sreemangal's remote tea estates, over 2,600 women face their periods without dignity. Earning just £1.50 a day, these tea garden workers can't afford basic menstrual products and rely on cloth scraps instead.
Working through floods, cyclones and poverty, these women choose between buying sanitary pads one month or feeding their families the next. Stigma and silence mean generations grow up without proper menstrual health knowledge, perpetuating a cycle of shame, infection and lost income.
When women can't manage their periods safely, they miss work. When they miss work, they lose wages their families desperately need.
Here’s what our investment* does
🩸 Ensures safe menstrual health
Our support provides 1,100 tea garden women with reusable sanitary pads and undergarments for one full year. This gives them time to save enough to sustain these practices independently, breaking the cycle of choosing between hygiene and survival.
💪 Creates community health leaders
We're training 10 educated local women as community trainers who will conduct 73 courtyard sessions, reaching deep into tea garden communities where formal healthcare rarely goes. These trainers earn income while transforming menstrual health knowledge in their communities.
🌸 Breaks generational stigma
Through grassroots courtyard sessions, women learn proper menstrual hygiene management in safe, trusted spaces. This knowledge gets passed down, ensuring future generations grow up with dignity and health awareness instead of shame and silence.
📊 Measures real change
Pre- and post-intervention surveys track behavioral change across treatment and control groups. This isn't just aid - it's evidence-based community development that proves sustainable impact.
💰 Protects daily income
When women can manage their periods safely, they don't lose workdays. For families surviving on £1.50 daily wages, those extra working days mean the difference between making rent and falling behind, between school fees paid and children pulled from education.
Projected Return* on Funding
*Remember our returns are in impact not pounds, dollars or taka
People benefitting across their families:
1,100+
Income increased by
8-10%
Menstrual disease reduced by
40%
Community health trainers
10
How our funds are being spent…
Menstrual Hygiene Kits
Providing 1,100 women with reusable sanitary pads and undergarments - sustainable, dignified solutions that last throughout the year-long programme.
Communication Materials
Creating banners, carrying bags and educational materials that make sessions accessible and help spread knowledge through the community beyond just programme participants.
Community Training Programme
Supporting 73 courtyard sessions where local trainers teach proper menstrual health management. This includes refreshments for participants, materials for sessions, and fair payment for community trainers.
Impact Measurement
Conducting comprehensive baseline and endline surveys across 1,500+ women, comparing treatment groups with control groups to measure real behavioral change and health outcomes.
Our Partner
Give Bangladesh - They plan and manage the project.
Location: Sreemangal, Sylhet
Duration: 15 months
Total Funding: £3,497