SHARE's first sewing soiree!

Life skill? Perhaps. Life changing? Most certainly. 

Last Sunday a group of 10 young women got together with one thing on their mind: learning how to sew reusable fabric sanitary pads. 

What seems a strange party idea, SHARE's first sewing soiree was a huge success with 60 pads being made for girls in a small rural village in Kenya called Shikunga. While it's a talent that would, as some joked, come in handy for the next Great Depression, these pads will help 23 school girls in Kenya stay happy, unharassed and in school for at least a year. In addition, thanks to generous donations, each of these 23 girls will receive a bright pair of brand new underwear - a gift we hope to continue for each girl every year.

Thanks to the help of our first group of volunteers we're well on the way to reaching 100 pads by Christmas 2008. However our program doesn't stop there. There's already more girls to help in the village of Shikunga with a local primary school already showing interest in our new program.

So - if you can sew, and have a few friends, why not get together on a rainy afternoon and sew up some pads for Kenya? You can find a pattern in the links menu opposite or you can contact Verity for more information.