COVID-19 INITIATIVE

We are gratified and humbled to donate over 100,000 sanitary pads to girls and women impacted by COVID-19.

On March 25, Indian government declared a nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. As a result, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers, who travel to the cities for work as daily wagers, started travelling towards their native villages. With no work or income for months and all public transport, including buses, trains and taxies, halted, migrant workers started walking down highways for hundreds of kilometres with children in their arms and other belongings they could manage to carry.

We reached out to a number of NGOs that have been working on the grassroots level to supply essential items to daily wage earners and migrant families. We realized that there are a lot of great NGOs and community members who were doing amazing work by distributing medical supplies and food items. We noticed that hardly one or two NGOs were focusing on distributing sanitary pads to migrant families.

We believe that everyone has the ability to take at least one positive action, no matter how small, towards helping those in need during Covid-19 pandemic.

As a social enterprise that provides sustainable menstrual hygiene products, Sparkle has donated over 100,000 pads to make daily wage earners’ journey slightly less challenging during these uncertain times.

We would like to thank Goonj, Saath Charitable Trust and United World Foundation for helping us with the distribution. A special thanks to Sparkle community for supporting us as well as to our awesome team of volunteers who worked day and night to pack and prepare sanitary pads for distribution!