Why donating period products can change girls' lives
Your donation could help provide period products for girls so that they don’t miss out on school and the education that is their right.
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Purity, 13, attends an ActionAid-supported catch-up centre in Kenya, where she is getting the education that is her right. Photo: Esther Sweeney/ActionAid
Posted 6 Dec 2021
Your donation could help provide period products for girls so that they don’t miss out on school and the education that is their right.
Read moreSay a big 'thank you' to your teacher this end-of-term, like pupil Aura, right, from Guatemala. Photo: Karin Schermbrucker/ActionAid
Posted 7 Jul 2021
Explore our collection of life-changing charity gifts that are perfect for saying 'thank you' to a special teacher at the end of term.
Read more#ShareABetterPeriod, this Menstrual Hygiene Day! Photo: ActionAid
Posted 26 May 2021
We asked whether you’d give a tampon or a pad to someone—anyone—who needed one… even if it was a total stranger in the loo. The results were definitive: our bonds of solidarity haven’t been broken by the pandemic.
Read moreTheresa (left) and her friends were given bikes by ActionAid so they could travel to school safely in northern Ghana. Photo: ActionAid
Posted 19 Mar 2021
Whether you're a roadie, newbie, Boris biker, a fixed-gear freestyler or a Shoreditch hipster cyclist - here are some fun facts that you probably didn't know about your beloved two-wheeled friend.
Read moreJohn, running ten marathons during lockdown for ActionAid UK. Photo: actionaid
Posted 2 Dec 2020
At the age of 75, John is taking on a new challenge during the coronavirus pandemic, as he (and dog Rosie) are running 40 marathons to raise money for ActionAid.
Read moreHarriet, from Uganda, trains girls in how to make their own reusable sanitary pads. Photo: ActionAid
Posted 1 Dec 2020
Scotland has made history by becoming the first country in the world to make period products free for all. So what’s next in the fight against period poverty?
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