Gillits Primary School
Many thanks to Sandy Sims from Rotary Anns in Kloof for sourcing a funder to provide over a 100 young girls at Gillitts Primary School with a washable, reusable sanitary pad pack that will last the girls for 3 years. It was a wonderful time with the girls chatting to them about puberty and menstruation and […]
Oscar & One Life
The One Life Church group hosted the Sparkle Conference in 2016 and through that conference they raised a significant amount of money which they donated to Project Dignity to supply the Subz Pants and Pads washable, reusable sanitary wear. Project Dignity teamed up with OSCAR (Outreach Social Care Project) in Pietermaritzburg to source schools in […]
Chesterville Secondary School
Thanks to the amazing fundraising efforts of the Catholic Women’s League in Westville, Subz Pants and Pads were able to recently visit the Chesterville School and help 51 girls with washable and reusable sanitary wear. The CWL has assisted girls in the school before and it was very exciting for the Subz team to return […]
Kasturba Ghandi Primary School – 2/3/2017
The International Association of Human Values (IAHV) has taken on the initiative of fundraising for Subz washable, reusable sanitary pads to distribute to girls in KZN. The first school that benefited from this project was Kasturba Ghandi Primary School in Inanda. Latha Ramkisson, President of the IAHV used to be the head girl at the […]
Mavangane Secondary School
Thanks to the fundraising efforts of Marion Spence and Rotary, we were able to supply the young ladies at Mavangane School in Ixopo with a pack of self-clipping sanitary pads that will last them for 5 years. The girls ranged in age from Grade 8 – Grade 12 and were a pleasure to talk to. […]
PRINCESS LANGAZANA SECONDARY SCHOOL – 3/2/2017
On Friday 3rd February, Subz Washable Pads and panties thanks to the sponsorship of Livity Africa and #ProjectDemo donated 50 packs of washable and reusable sanitary pads to the young ladies at Princess Langazana Secondary School in Eshowe. Thanks must go to Emmanuel Biyela for his part in finding us this amazing school to visit. […]
NEWTON PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL – 2/2/2017
On Thursday 2nd February 2017, thanks to One Life Church in PMB, Subz was able to donate 160 packs of washable and reusable sanitary towels to the young ladies at Newton Pre-Vocational School. It was wonderful to talk to the girls, who were very keen to ask questions about puberty and menstruation. This was the […]
Project Dignity praises sanitary distributions at KZN schools
The non-profit distributors of reusable sanitary pads, Project Dignity, has heaped praise on the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education for the launch of its recent initiative which provides sanitary pads to thousands of high school learners. In a circular distributed by the department, the project is outlined whereby Grade 4 to 12 learners in 2 992 schools […]
Project Dignity
Medium: Charcoal, red wax crayon, newspaper, book pages, ring binder, SUBZ bags, acrylic paint, red ink, brown paper. I was inspired by my aunt, Susan Barnes, to do this artwork. She runs an NGO called SUBZ. SUBZ helps to educate teenage girls by supplying them with washable sanitary towels and panties so that they can […]
Leigh Bristow Clarins Most Dynamic Woman 2015
Leigh Bristow wins the Clarins Most Dynamic Woman of the Year award (2015). Leigh started Sumbandila Scholarships in 2008 in rural Limpopo, South Africa, getting underprivileged children through secondary and tertiary education. Sumbandila means ‘show the way’.