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These Black retirees in Philly meet every week to sew period pads for women in Africa and Caribbean

These Black retirees in Philly meet every week to sew period pads for women in Africa and Caribbean

The Pan-African Sisterhood Health Initiative (P.A.S.H.I.) brings joy to people all across the world by creating reusable, washable cotton menstruation pads for girls and women in Africa and the Caribbean. Maisha Sullivan-Ongoza, one of the founders, told The Philadelphia Inquirer, “We don’t call it period poverty, we call it menstrual hygiene management. We use 100%…

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