英国慈善机构冠军 Chanzige 于去年年底与 Technical Absorbents 联系，询问我们的 SAFTM 吸水织物是否适合用于可重复使用的生理期用品，该产品是他们在坦桑尼亚基萨韦雷区支持的一个更广泛项目的一部分。该慈善机构的目标是增强教师和学生的能力，让他们拥有更光明的未来。从那时起，我们不仅同意向他们提供织物，还赞助了他们最新的经期卫生讲习班。
“Schools in Tanzania are woefully under resourced and class sizes often exceed sixty children…” explains Founder Philippa Jacobs. “…Basic resources like pens and paper are scarce. Often there is no electricity in the schools, and countless numbers have no drinking water available to the students. All these hardships make it very difficult for the dedicated teachers to deliver a meaningful curriculum. On top of this, it is common that when a girl begins her periods they stop going to school.”
除了帮助教师和学生的其他工作外，该慈善机构现在还开办讲习班，对年轻女性进行经期卫生教育，并为她们提供制作自己的可重复使用产品所需的工具。今年早些时候，菲利帕迫切希望了解如何改进这些手工产品的性能，并开始研究新材料。就在这时，她遇到了 Technical Absorbents 并与之取得了联系。
“Having developed a range of washable materials for this exact use, we were keen to learn more about the project and it soon became clear that this was indeed something that as a company we wanted to support…” explains Technical Absorbents Marketing Manager, Anita Bemrose. “…Samples of various fabrics were initially provided to understand if they were a good fit with the product construction and – more importantly – if they would withstand the humidity! Feedback on both counts was positive and so we agreed to not only supply fabric for their workshops, but also provide sponsorship so that a further workshop could be undertaken this year. This took place recently and the pictures kindly supplied to us by the charity were humbling to see.”
“A total of 75 young women attended the workshop over the course of 4 days…” continues Philippa. “…It is always great to see them working together to make simple products that many of us take for granted. They will make a huge difference in their lives and they also learn new skills along the way. We are now at stage where we also need to hire seamstresses with their own sewing machines to further improve the products that are currently all hand sewn by the students. This is the next stage of the project but we are taking small steps to improve the products and process. The new washable absorbent core fabric kindly donated by Technical Absorbents is all part of this and we hope the relationship continues moving forward.”
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