Project Muskan

 

One day, it suddenly happened that four or five daughters in the class of Manishbhai Rathod’s wife, Mrs. Rupalben Rathod, suddenly stopped coming to the class. This was about a year and a half ago. When she asked the other children, she found out that the daughters were at home but were not coming to the class. Rupalben was very bothered by this question, and when she went to the hut of those daughters and asked the daughters, they said, “My daughters, what are they?” but their mother told her that the daughters had menstruated for the first time. According to the old tradition, all the daughters were made to sit in a separate corner.

Rupalben rushed her husband, Manishbhai, and ordered packets of sanitary pads from nearby. It took about 30 minutes to explain the sanitary pads to the daughters and mothers. The daughters accepted the sanitary pads and started coming to class the very next day. The credit for the wave of happiness on the daughters’ faces goes to Mrs. Rupalben and her husband, Manishbhai.

With the aim of making the needy sisters financially self-sufficient, Rupalben established “Muskaan Gruha Udyog” and started packing pads for these sisters at a price much lower than the market price. Muskan Kendras were started with the aim of making pads available for just two rupees. Today, more than 33 sisters are selling pads through Muskan Kendras and are also using them.

In the blink of an eye, the Mango People family has been operating for eleven years now, and Project Muskan has also been active for the last seven years. Now, free sanitary pads and free undergarments are also distributed to needy girls.