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✔ 250,000+ menstrual cups distributed. ✔ 91–97% acceptability. ✔ Published in medical journals. ✔ Endorsed by three African heads of state. ✔ 20+ global partnership secured.
Our Africa programs are sustaining themselves. But our mission doesn’t stop there.
A community of monthly supporters makes CouldYou? independent of any single funding decision. That independence is what powers our grant writers, our storytellers, and our advocates working to make sure 2 million waiting women and girls don’t wait forever for menstrual equity.
Period poverty doesn’t stop at borders. By joining our community of monthly supporters, you help bring our proven solution to the millions of students in the US who struggle to afford menstrual products each month.
Our Story.
CouldYou? was part of a $2.5 million consortium grant alongside some of the world’s most respected global health funders. A political decision eliminated one partner. Without it, the others could not satisfy the conditions of the grant. The funding collapsed.
Our Africa programs did not collapse. The communities, the community health workers, the local staff — they kept going. That is the most important thing we can tell you about this work. It works. Girls are staying in school.
Africa is sustaining itself. What monthly supporters power is the US-based team that writes the next grant, amplifies the stories, and ensures that 2 million waiting women and girls don’t wait forever for menstrual equity.
I believe deeply in the power of stories. As a little girl, I dreamed of one day standing on a stage and telling my truth what it meant to survive war, to grow up in a refugee camp, and to claim a seat at tables where decisions are made. Menstruation is one of those hard topics that has been kept in the shadows for too long. But when we bring these stories into the light, we take the first step toward ending period poverty.
When The Period Monologues began two years ago, I watched people’s hearts and minds change. I saw young girls feel seen. I saw audiences understand that period poverty is not only a refugee camp issue or a Bronx issue rather it is a human issue. A girl in the United States and a girl in Kakuma Refugee Camp can face the very same struggle. That truth is urgent.
I am determined to keep telling these stories so the world understands what is at stake. Because when voices are no longer muted, communities begin to imagine solutions. And when stories are heard, change becomes possible.
MARY MAKER
UNHCR GOODWILL AMBASSADOR
COULDYOU? AMBASSADOR
CREATOR OF THE PERIOD MONOLOGUES
EXACTLY WHAT YOUR GIFT DOES:
Monthly giving at any level joins a growing community of supporters who keep this work moving between the major grants. Here is what each level makes possible:
