PROJECTS
Pad dispensers installed!
Last year, a large part of our time went into working with LUÜNA, a female-led social enterprise based in Hong Kong, to install free, sustainable pad dispensers in bathrooms at our school. After over a year of hard work from our GEP team, HS Student Council, and...
Free Menstrual Product Dispensers Update
In June of 2023, LUÜNA got in touch with our group, proposing an idea that intrigued us all. LUÜNA is a women-led social enterprise based in Hong Kong, with warehouses in Singapore, whose goals and mission align greatly with those of our service. They suggested...
Periods in Gaza
(Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) Linked below is an article by The Guardian that our teacher coordinator, Ms. Wilson, found for us to read together as a group and formulate a discussion as the article coincided with one of the main issues we work toward eradicating:...
Graphic Design Period Posters
Period poverty and the lack of access to sustainable products is an issue discussed in GEP and often in many other places, classes, and projects within our school. Many students show interest and concern through their projects, which may come in essays, posters,...
First meeting with LUÜNA
During this session, we had an engaging meeting with a woman-led social enterprise called LUÜNA based in Hong Kong. They had initially reached out to us about collaborating to improve menstrual awareness, health, and accessibility within our school community. We found...
Goal Setting 2019-20
Empowering Women of Nepal Partnership
This year, we built our relationship with our NGO partner Empowering Women of Nepal by working closely with them by planning educational menstrual health workshops. We tried to understand what their needs were and how we could respectively clarify any misconceptions...
Changemakers Project
We recently decided to join the Changemakers Project program in the hopes of receiving funding for menstrual cups and mentorship. So far, we have looked through the main skills part of the programme. This meant learning about the 5 stages of design thinking...
Adding Books To Our Library!
The rationale for this project is to get more books into the library that tell stories surrounding period poverty and demystify periods themselves. The final outcome would be to set up a stand that would catch the attention of people in the library and hopefully...