Impact.

Eight years of showing up. See what we have done together, with the scope of each result and how we count.

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13 dispensers installed

1,500+ direct users

Our results

Our programmes reach people in different ways. Each figure keeps its scope. Our methods note explains how we count.

dispensers: 13; The Wazi Dispenser Model.

institutions: 8; School and university dispenser sites.

direct dispenser users: 1,500+; People using the Wazi Dispenser Model.

potential reach: 30,000+; Estimated wider school and university population.

AYP participants: 500+; Adolescents in our mentorship cohorts.

indirect AYP reach: 1,000+; Wider reach beyond our mentorship cohorts.

curriculum test partners: 9; Partner organisations testing the AYP curriculum.

AYP modules: 10; Our school holiday mentorship curriculum.

youth directly engaged: 50+; Our Youth Capacity Building programme.

national volunteer network: 35+; Our national network, as of 2025.

volunteer applications: 100+; First week of the 2026 intake; applications, not placements.

research respondents: 1,400+; Beyond Access: menstrual health attitudes and practices.

SMYLE youth surveyed: 1,482; Menstrual health survey across six Ruaraka schools.

girls who preferred pads: 82%; Preference for sanitary pads as the primary product.

younger students choosing pads: 97%; Younger junior-school students with product access.

policymakers: 22; Innovating Dignity, December 2025.

organisations: 39; Same Innovating Dignity seminar, December 2025.

menstrual health principles: 8; Youth-led framework, December 2025.

additional users: a goal: 10,000; Our ambition for the next stage of the dispenser model.

Context and documents

How we count

We count installed dispensers and the institutions hosting them separately. Direct users describe people using the dispenser model; potential reach describes the wider school and university population.

AYP participants, indirect mentorship reach and curriculum partners are separate measures. Survey respondents describe research participation. We do not add these groups into a single total.

Dated school updates and research retain their own dates and scope. Our dispenser, user and mentorship totals describe the programme record, rather than a single school term. Our next-user ambition is a goal.

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The menstrual health principles

A youth-led framework from the Innovating Dignity seminar at American Corner Moi University in December 2025.

Knowledge, Education and Social Norms
Access, Affordability and Market Systems
Product Choice, Quality and User Autonomy
WASH Infrastructure and Environmental Systems
Health and Clinical Care
Inclusion, Equity and Rights
Innovation and Youth Leadership
Governance, Policy and Accountability

WASH means water, sanitation and hygiene. Read the Advocacy programme.

Global goals, local action

We map our work to eight Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our activities connect local priorities with the global goals.

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being: Non-communicable diseases, sexual and reproductive health and rights, mental health and the dispenser model. Health.
SDG 4: Quality Education: AYP Mentorship, Youth Capacity Building and grassroots education support. Education.
SDG 5: Gender Equality: Menstrual access, gender-based violence referrals and women in leadership. Health and Education.
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities: Persons with disabilities, low-income access tracks and vulnerable user prioritisation in the token model. Education.
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption: Green the Red, sustainable product use, waste management and behavioural change. Environment.
SDG 13: Climate Action: Climate awareness modules, Mazingira Day Mtaani community clean-ups and climate murals. Environment.
SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions: Civic engagement, youth-led programme design and social accountability. Advocacy.
SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals: Be Kids Australia, Kenyatta University (KU), Global Youth Mobilization (GYM), Seeds of Change, Giving Light, Wahenga Youth Group and Paper Hearts. Advocacy.

Research and representation

Beyond Access: Research and Learning sits alongside the dispenser model, informing programming, advocacy and system-level improvements. Read our paper, Sustainable Menstrual Health Approaches for Grassroot Initiatives in Kenya, on SSRN, 2024.

From an arboretum bench in 2018 to United Nations representation in 2025: we took part in the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) and the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF) in December 2025, advocating for youth engagement in environmental governance and menstrual waste management.

Read our UNEA-7 update. We took part in December 2025.

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