41% of girls don't know about periods until they start.
Around 41% of girls are unaware of menstruation before their first period, and limited access to hygienic products leads to unsafe practices and infections.
Project Inaayat · since 2018
Periods, without the silence.
We run menstrual hygiene sessions with schools and NGOs, and hand out reusable sanitary kits stitched by women from underserved communities, right at the session.
Inaayat · Urdu for "a blessing"
Days for Girls · India's first chapterGive Her the WingsTop 5 · Envision 2026, IIT RoorkeeNational Award for Women EmpowermentFeatured in Mid-dayRed Dot Foundation · 2nd of 105
Over a billion pads thrown away. Every month.
Each one can take 500 years or more to decompose.
Inaayat: a blessing.
Awareness and access, together. Sessions that end the silence, and reusable kits stitched by women who earn a livelihood from them.
NEW · OCTOBER 2026
Give Her the Wings is back in the villages.
Our flagship campaign went out again this October: menstrual hygiene sessions for girls and women, and reusable kits handed over at the session itself. It's more than a campaign.
Oct 2026Give Her the Wings, village sessions and kits.
Mar 2026Top 5 in the Mature Stage at Envision, IIT Roorkee.
Feb 2026Session in Colaba under the Sakhi drive, with Think India HRC.
Eight years of breaking the silence.
From one project in 2018 to sessions across Mumbai, Palghar and beyond.
80,000+
Beneficiaries reached
Till date, across 200+ sessions.
4,800kg
Plastic waste saved
1.5 kg per kit, over about three years.
20,000+
Kits distributed
With awareness sessions, through NGOs and schools.
How it works
Two halves of one project.
01 · STITCH
Made by women, for women
Reusable sanitary kits are stitched by women from underserved communities, so every kit is also a livelihood.
02 · PARTNER
Schools and NGOs
We work with schools and NGOs who know the community, from Mumbai's municipal schools to villages in Palghar.
03 · TALK
The session
A menstrual hygiene session: the biology, hygiene practices, myths against facts, and a space to ask anything.
04 · HAND OVER
Kits at the session
Kits are given out at the session itself, with a picture guide on how to use and care for them.
05 · FUND
Orders pay for reach
Paying orders fund production, while partnerships carry the kits to communities where access is hardest.
What's in the kit
Everything she needs, in one bag.
Every Inaayat kit is a drawstring bag with three soft cotton reusable pads, two L-size and one XL-size, an instruction manual in the local language, Marathi, and a soap.
Each pad has a cotton fleece top layer, an absorbent cotton layer and a waterproof PUL layer underneath. L-size pads are 28 cm and XL-size 33 cm, and a kit lasts more than two years when it is looked after.
Business model
Three ways a kit reaches someone.
Paying orders fund production, while partnerships carry our reach to communities where access is hardest.
Distribution with NGOs
Kits go out through NGO partners, at sessions, to the people who need them most.
Corporates and institutions
Partnerships and bulk orders, like the ₹4.15 lakh order for 2,600 kits from Bindu in 2021.
Direct to you
Anyone can buy a kit, and every sale keeps the production centre stitching.
Sessions and kits with
Days for GirlsBinduRainbow FoundationAlambana FoundationTap2SmileConnect ForBhumiPahile Majhe Kartavya FoundationThe 1% ClubThink India HRCHelp and Feed IndiaThe Period Society
Our journey
From one idea in 2018 to a national stage.
Inaayat begins
Launched as India's first chapter under Days for Girls International, to make reusable menstrual hygiene kits and run awareness sessions.
On the national stage
The Inaayat menstrual hygiene campaign, and Inaayat presented at Enactus India Nationals 2019 alongside Aajeevika.
Let's talk period
Periodicals, an IGTV series on menstrual health, and Period Party, a month of webinars with founders and menstrual coaches.
2nd of 105 projects
Runner-up at the Youth Innovation Challenge hosted by Red Dot Foundation–Safecity, with UN-Habitat and UNICEF among its partners.
Red Dot Foundation2,600 kits for Bindu
A ₹4.15 lakh order: 2,600 kits from our rural production centre, distributed across North and Central India.
National Award
Best Social Initiative for Women Empowerment at Bhavishya Bharat, among 186 colleges, for Inaayat and Aajeevika.
National AwardGive Her the Wings, Charoti
1,000 reusable kits and 2,000 innerwear items for a village where 80% of women lacked adequate sanitary facilities.
Nagpur
1,200 reusable sanitary pads donated at a tribal police camp in Nagpur.
Give Her the Wings 3.0
1,000 kits and sessions across Dhaniwari, Kasa and Murbad in Palghar, covered by Mid-day in October.
Sakhi drive, Colaba
A menstrual hygiene session in Colaba with Think India HRC.
Top 5 at IIT Roorkee
Inaayat placed in the Top 5 of the Mature Stage at Envision, E-Summit '26.
Envision · IIT RoorkeeGive Her the Wings 2026
The flagship campaign, back in the villages.
In action
Sessions, smiles and kits.
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At Project Inaayat, we believe menstrual care should be built on knowledge, access and dignity.
Team Inaayat · Enactus HRC
Sponsor kits
Give her the wings.
Fund kits for the next campaign, order them for your institution, or partner with us for sessions. Every kit is also a day's work for the women who stitch it.