Periods In Dignity (PID) Initiative connects international donors directly to vetted suppliers of menstrual health products and education — reaching girls in Kenya's schools, churches, and communities. Every shilling tracked. Every receipt published.
Our programme model addresses the full ecosystem around menstrual health — not just pads, but education, infrastructure, community, and policy.
Church dispensers, school Pad Banks, and public toilet advocacy ensure products reach girls wherever they are — not just in pharmacies.
The founder's tested peer curriculum: the 6-hour rule, 4×-daily hygiene routine, first-period guidance, and honest reusable product education.
Faith networks as programme infrastructure. Women already share products — KHISI formalizes what communities do naturally.
WASH improvements, girl-friendly toilet blocks, and handwashing stations. Because products alone are not enough.
VAT removal on menstrual products. Public toilet dispensers. Full implementation of Kenya's Sanitary Towels Programme nationwide.
Every donation follows a fully transparent, documented chain. Here is exactly what happens when you give.
Choose a programme or give to the general fund. M-Pesa, card, or bank transfer. A receipt is emailed to you instantly.
Vetted local suppliers submit competitive quotes for product needs. At least 3 quotes per purchase. Lowest qualifying bid wins.
Every procurement above KES 50,000 requires Finance Manager + Executive Director sign-off. Above KES 250,000 — full Board resolution.
Products delivered to schools and churches. Receipt photographed and uploaded. Distribution logged with girl counts.
All receipts, supplier quotes, and distribution data published here in real time. 97% of funds go directly to programme. 3% administration.
When you donate KES 500, you provide one girl with a month of period protection. KES 5,000 stocks a school Pad Bank for a term.
"A Grade 5 girl brought her friend home who had experienced her first period — frightened, crying, with no one to turn to. The founder sat with her, explained everything, and guided her through. Her mother was overwhelmed with relief."
— KHISI Story of Change🔒 Secure via M-Pesa · PayPal · Bank Transfer · Card
Full receipt emailed. Appears in our public ledger.
We work with registered Kenyan suppliers who submit competitive quotes for each procurement cycle. All supplier information and quotes are published here.
Single quote up to KES 50,000 · Three quotes for KES 50,001–500,000 · Full tender above KES 500,000. No purchase splitting. All vendors verified with KRA PIN. Conflict of interest declarations mandatory.
We publish all expenditure, supplier payments, and programme receipts. No exceptions. This is our founding commitment to donors.
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From our founding HR & Operations Manual and safeguarding framework — not promises, policies.
African girls misses school during her period (UNESCO). In Kenya, this is 3–5 days per month — nearly a full term per year.
of women and girls in Kenya cannot consistently afford sanitary products (APHRC). Pads are taxed as non-essential luxury goods.
of Kenyan schools have adequate girl-friendly WASH facilities (UNICEF/WHO). Six in ten schools leave girls without safe sanitation.
reduction in lifetime earnings for every school year a girl loses — the true economic cost of period poverty (World Bank).
Pad packets often say 8 hours — but in practice, 8 hours can cause burning, discomfort, and infection risk. Our founder developed the 6-hour rule from community experience:
Teaching the mathematics makes it manageable. When girls understand the logic, menstruation becomes a routine, not a source of shame or disruption.
Unlike most MHH programmes that begin in schools, our natural starting point is the faith community — where trust, relationships, and credibility already exist.
The sector is moving toward reusable sanitary towels and menstrual cups — and so are we. But we are honest about the reality:
As our founder says: "Still the cost is on the higher end and the information is still not with so many people." That is what we are here to change.
Products and education alone are not enough. Our policy agenda targets systemic change:
Boys and male teachers are not the problem — silence is. Our allyship programme targets both:
These stories are not composites. They are the lived experiences behind everything we do.
A Grade 5 girl brought her friend home after the friend experienced her first period — frightened, crying, with nowhere to turn. The friend's own mother had been struggling for months with how to have this conversation. Our founder sat with the girl, guided her through hygiene steps, provided a pad, and taught her the 6-hour routine. The girl left prepared and calm. Her mother was overwhelmed with relief.
This is what KHISI exists to scale: one girl helping another, one community stepping in where a system has failed.
On a single Sunday morning, seven girls approached our founder at church for a sanitary pad. Seven. This was not unusual — it happened at every gathering she attended. She had long since made it her practice to carry pads 'whether it was her time or not.'
KHISI was born to formalize this community instinct — and scale it to reach every girl who needs it.
"It's not even the big things that people want. It's the basic things. Those are not small things. That's where discipleship starts." The most trusted institutions in Kenya can be the infrastructure for menstrual health. We build on what already works.
Basic dignity is not a luxury. It is where education, health, and community begin.