Period Products For Schools

Period Products For Schools is a project that I have created for my Rangers Advocacy project. The goal is to raise enough money to supply 2 low decile schools in Hastings with free period products for the rest of the year in a bid to reduce period poverty in Hastings.

A Youth19 study published in February 2020 found that 12% of New Zealand Yr9-13 students have had difficulty accessing period products due to cost. 5% of these students experience this once a month or more. In low-income areas, this number was reported to be about 20%. In decile 1 schools, over 21% of students had reported missing schools due to lack of period products, with 14% of these students missing more than a day a month.

But, despite this, period poverty is an issue that is not talked about enough, and there are many women and children who experience this and do not receive any help. I hope that this project will help reduce period poverty in the Hastings area by supplying free period products to the schools that most need it.