{"id":937,"date":"2020-08-31T10:24:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T10:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wgl-dsites.net\/bighearts\/?page_id=937"},"modified":"2026-07-09T00:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:51:42","slug":"our-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/our-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Our mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VISION & MISSION<\/span> <\/div>

An evidence-based approach.<\/span><\/h1> <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In Africa, particularly in Senegal, women and girls face enormous difficulties during their periods. According to statistics published by the Ministry of National Education in 2013.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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  • More than half of primary schools lacked sanitation facilities. 52% of schools were not equipped with toilets and 59% had no access to water.<\/li>\n
  • 40% of girls aged 9 to 17 have missed school at least once a week due to a lack of sanitary facilities.<\/li>\n
  • This absenteeism has a negative impact on academic performance. In some cases,\u00a0<\/span>girls (11.2%) drop out of school because of the challenges they face during their periods<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n
  • Women lose 40\u201345% of their income during those five days<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Our approach<\/span><\/h3> <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Kitambaa<\/strong>\u00a0aims to provide low-income families with washable sanitary pads at very competitive prices, which would replace disposable pads and help address the issue of keeping girls in school and empowering women.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Vision<\/div>
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    V<\/span>i<\/span>s<\/span>i<\/span>o<\/span>n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>
    Un monde o\u00f9 chaque femme et chaque fille vit ses menstrues avec dignit\u00e9, confiance et autonomie, brise les tabous, acc\u00e8de \u00e0 des solutions s\u00fbres et durables, et contribue \u00e0 b\u00e2tir une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9galitaire et respectueuse de la plan\u00e8te.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
    Mission<\/div>
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    M<\/span>i<\/span>s<\/span>s<\/span>i<\/span>o<\/span>n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>
    Nous \u00e9duquons, innovons et plaidons pour autonomiser chaque fille et femme \u00e0 travers l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des solutions menstruelles durables et respectueuses de l\u2019environnement, la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019opportunit\u00e9s \u00e9conomiques et la promotion d\u2019une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9galitaire et en bonne sant\u00e9.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
    Objectif<\/div>
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    O<\/span>b<\/span>j<\/span>e<\/span>c<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>ve<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>
    Contribuer \u00e0 l\u2019am\u00e9lioration durable de la sant\u00e9 menstruelle et reproductive des filles et des femmes au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal et en Afrique, en favorisant leur dignit\u00e9, leur autonomie et leur pleine participation sociale, \u00e9conomique et citoyenne.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    NOS VALEURS : ADIPE<\/span><\/h3> <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Autonomiser<\/h4>

    Donner aux femmes et aux filles les moyens de prendre en main leur sant\u00e9 et leur avenir;<\/p>

    Dignifier<\/h4>

    Promouvoir le respect et briser les tabous li\u00e9s aux menstruations;<\/p>

    Innover<\/h4>

    D\u00e9velopper des solutions locales fiables, confortables, adapt\u00e9es et durables;<\/p>

    Partager<\/h4>

    travailler avec les communaut\u00e9s, les institutions et les acteurs priv\u00e9s\/publics;<\/p>

    Engager\u200b<\/h4>

    Placer l\u2019humain et l\u2019impact communautaire au coeur de toutes nos actions avec une attention particuli\u00e8re port\u00e9e aux femmes et aux filles et garantir la continuit\u00e9 des actions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    VISION & MISSION Une approche bas\u00e9e sur les donn\u00e9es. En Afrique, et particuli\u00e8rement au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal, les femmes et les filles font face \u00e0 d’\u00e9normes difficult\u00e9s pendant leurs r\u00e8gles. Selon les statistiques publi\u00e9es par le Minist\u00e8re de l’\u00c9ducation nationale en 2013. Plus de la moiti\u00e9 des \u00e9coles primaires manquaient d’installations sanitaires. 52 % des \u00e9coles n’\u00e9taient […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-937","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":990213,"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/937\/revisions\/990213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitambaa-woman.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}