In 2021, we bought six sewing machines, material, and hired a professional seamstress to teach young adults to sew. The intention of the project was to give young adults a new vocational skill. They began by learning how to make reusable menstrual pads. When they became proficient, they would sell their products for income, as a social enterprise for COTI and our community. There were so many people who needed these pads who were not in a position to purchase them. The first 600 were given away for free to female students in need. But, more were needed.

Since then, we have been asked by many schools to provide them with reusable menstrual pads. Over the past year we have given out hundreds more. It is still our intention to create a social enterprise by selling the pads, however not until everyone who needs some and is without money to pay, has some.

To keep the dream of a social enterprise alive, the group of new seamsters is looking outside of Uganda to sell their reusable pads so they may earn an income as well as continue to provide their products to students