Celebrate Independence Day With Stayfree Women for Change Initiative !

Hello girlies ^_^

Happy 67th Independence Day to you all ! Im sure all of you attended a flag hoisting ceremony this morning. I went to my college with a few of my close friends,wore a simple white kurta and a pair of denims.

Today, I celebrated independence day in a different way and it actually made me feel better.I joined the Stayfree's Women for Change Initiative and donated a part of my saving to help educate women in the rural area of our country and to help girls continue schooling. A part of it will also go to the women suffering from anemia,to help them fight anaemia through this initiative.

 About  Stayfree Women for Change Initiative!

 Stayfree , under the aegis of Stayfree Women for change initiative has associated with Nadathur Trust in the ‘Support a Woman’ program. Nadathur trust is an NGO set up by Infosys co-founder, N. S. Raghavan, to propagate strategic giving and facilitate change-driven programs on the ground. The entire program has been designed and will be implemented in partnership with Samhita Social Ventures Pvt Ltd, thereby capitalizing on Samhita's vast network of and experience with NGOs to design and implement the first-ever nation-wide program on women's menstrual health and hygiene and thus support the women and girls of our country.
The 'Support a Woman' program aims to improve the health and hygiene of adolescent girls and women in India by giving them access to health and hygiene amenities they would not have otherwise got.
You too can contribute to the support women program and improve the life of a girl or woman, who in turn will change the lives of many girls and women around her.

Malnutrition

Nurture a woman's life with a healthy nutritious meal. Support her in the fight against anaemia through the Stayfree Women for Change initiative.

School Drop-outs

Spread knowledge in a community by educating a woman. Help her continue schooling with the Stayfree Women for Change initiative

**To support a woman, all you need to do is contribute Rs. 330 on http://www.samhita.org/supportawoman which will be utilized for the following activities:

• Two Medical check-ups as well as counseling by a registered health care professional, in a span of six months
  
• Two Hemoglobin estimation tests, in a span of six months
  
• A 3 month course of iron–folic acid and calcium tablets to improve her health
  
• Administrative and logistic costs to conduct the program
  

The girl/woman you support will also receive counseling on how she can improve her health and hygiene. For every girl/woman that you support, Johnson & Johnson Ltd. will provide 6 months’ free supply of Stayfree sanitary napkins for her improved hygiene. Additionally, Johnson & Johnson Ltd. will bear the operational and implementation cost of the program.

To know more, SMS "SUPPORT" to 56677. (Standard SMS charges shall apply)

 There are a lot of other NGO and Programs you can join girls :

Supporting the "Kishori" Programme :

Stayfree Women for Change initiative is supporting the Delhi Government "Kishori" Programme in its objective to inculcate better health and hygiene practices amongst adolescent school girls in Delhi Government and Government aided schools. "We decided to initiate this scheme after finding that a large number of girl students skip school because of monthly periods and inadequate knowledge of managing her menstruation and leading a normal life", an official of Directorate of Education, Govt. of New Delhi said.
The Delhi Government is giving each adolescent school girl from class 6 to class 12 in government and government aided schools, a pack of 10 sanitary napkins every month free of cost. These napkins are provided by Stayfree^® at highly subsidized rates to the Delhi government. Stayfree^® has also supported the training of about 750 Delhi Government school teachers who in turn will educate the adolescent girl students on good health and hygiene practices. Over 7,00,000 girls across 729 schools are expected to benefit from the programme.
 

Support the"Stree Shakti" Programme

In 2010, Delhi government invited Stayfree^® to participate in their “Stree Shakti” programme which aims at changing the lives of girls and women from dispossessed communities in New Delhi National Capital Region.
Stree Shakti is a tripartite programme involving Government of Delhi, Johnson & Johnson Limited and NGOs from civil society. The partnering NGOs run community development centres in modest localities and work towards bringing about holistic change among girls and women. The NGOs educate women and girls about health in general with special emphasis on menstrual health and promoting the use of sanitary napkins for the upkeep of health.


You can not only help women by donating money but also your valuable time! Go to an NGO in your area and help them help the needy by distributing their leaflets,etc free of cost.
Make a difference in people's lives!
Feel beautiful from the inside out!

-BeautyBoon