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Georgie
Ella's network of volunteers sewing reusable sanitary pads grew, and to date the Pachamama Project has
donated tens of thousands of period products to refugees fleeing conflict in Syria, Turkey and Lebanon, as well
as women here in the UK.
Beth
Plus, the project is helping in other ways too. Despite affecting so many people, and being necessary for life
itself, many cultures consider menstruation unclean or shameful, not a topic of polite conversation. But Ella
thinks her project is giving refugees the confidence to talk about periods, as she told BBC World Service's,
People Fixing the World:
Ella Lambert
I have seen such major change in such a short short period of time. Like, the women originally who were
distributing the pads would barely even speak about it and we had it behind a curtain, and now they'll chat
away about the pads with their male colleagues, anyone that comes into the shop...
Georgie
ほとんどない
Before, most women refugees would barely talk about menstruation, they would only just, scarcely talk about
it. But now they're happily chatting away, passing the time talking to other women, and even to male
colleagues.
