Stonesoup Trust
Organisation purpose / activities
Stonesoup trust works towards spreading awareness on sustainable menstruation and reusable period care products like cloth pads and menstrual cups amongst women, pan India. We achieve these through the following programs:
1. “PeriodLove#BleedGreen” & “Growing up is exciting” – Are two awareness programs conducted for women and girls respectively. The programs advocate the concept of period positivity while promoting sustainable menstruation.
2. Greendot program- A livelihood program that teaches women to stitch cloth pads and also sell cloth pads and menstrual cups in their local communities.
3. Gift a Green Period/Cup for Covid Warriors – Donation programs where we distribute reusable cloth pad kits for school girls and menstrual cups for covid warriors. The program also includes awareness on how to use and maintain them.
Impact assessment
Stonesoup has saved around 8 million disposable pads from going to the landfill and created livelihood for 100+ women
Extent of focus in Bengaluru
We have distributed 5000+ reusable cloth pads and 3000+ menstrual cups and created livelihood for 100+ women