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A Municipality in Kerala is Giving Away 5,000 Menstrual Cups for Free

The idea came after the huge number of used sanitary napkins that were collected from relief camps during the floods last year.

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A Municipality in Kerala is Giving Away 5,000 Menstrual Cups for Free

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  1. A municipality in Kerala is giving away 5,000 menstrual cups for free The idea came after the huge number of used sanitary napkins that were collected from relief camps during the floods last year.

  2. Kerala News» Thousands of women stayed across the 47 relief camps put up under the Alappuzha municipality during the Kerala floods of 2018. The authorities, while dealing with the waste coming from the camps, had to decide what to do with the sacks of sanitary napkins used by the women there. They’d have to incinerate it or add it to the already-piled-up tonnes of plastic waste. That’s when they began thinking of alternatives for the future. Menstrual cups, spoken about in a few circles and discussed in whispers, came up as the solution they were looking for. On Saturday, Minister Thomas Isaac inaugurated the Thinkal Menstrual Cup project in Alappuzha. 5,000 cups, funded by the CSR Initiative of Cola India Ltd, will be given away to women, free of charge. “We decided to call it Thinkal, the Malayalam word for moon, because in the old days, women looked at the moon to determine their menstrual cycles,” says Jahamgeer, municipal secretary, Alappuzha. “We had at first thought of promoting cloth napkins but it will not be practical in a state like Kerala where it rains for six months a year and the washed clothes will not dry on time. When we thought of the idea of menstrual cups, it was difficult at first, because there were no branded ones, no companies making it here. The women using it were mostly depending on online marketing sites. Then we spoke to Hindustan Latex Ltd and they were ready to make the product. Cola India Ltd came forward to fund it through their CSR,”Jahamgeer adds. The cups are now available at the front office of the Alappuzha municipality, and with the marriage registrar. Women can come there, register their names, provide their phone numbers and avail a cup. The numbers will be used to call the women later for feedback. Instructions on how to use the cup will also be provided. Read More → Free Menstrual Cups in Kerala

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