hygiene kit collection
ending "period poverty"
Period poverty refers to the inability to afford and access menstrual products, sanitation and hygiene facilities and education and awareness to manage menstrual health.
Millions of women and girls worldwide still cannot afford menstrual products or access water and sanitation facilities to manage their menstrual health and hygiene. Periods make them miss school, work, and negatively impact their health, but it does not have to be that way.
(Text above taken from
unwomen.org)
how you can help
This year’s collection of items at Annual Conference in Greenville will center around Menstrual Hygiene Kits again. There is a dire need for these supplies. These kits are distributed at times of natural disaster when such supplies are hard to access. Kits are also distributed in communities in many countries where girls and women are not able to go to school or work because of the lack of access to these items.
Thanks to the generosity of clergy and lay across the Conference, we collected 450 completed kits and additional kit supplies at Annual Conference last year.
We are asking members of Annual Conference to bring completed Menstrual Hygiene Kits again this year to our gathering in June in Greenville. Our goal is to collect 1,000 kits to distribute locally and worldwide.
(Text above taken from
nccumc.org)
kit packing party
Sunday, June 8
9:30-10:30 a.m.
Wesley Room
Coffee and baked goods provided!