CPUT staff members are being encouraged to make a difference by donating to the Sanitary Towel Drive.
The campaign, which was initiated by the HIV/Aids Unit in conjunction with the Donate a Pad Project, has already managed to donate 10 to 12 packs of towels to each of CPUT’s campus clinics and Student Counselling centres.
“The aim of the drive is to provide some form of assistance for students who might need some sanitary towels,” says Melanie Marais, Head of the HIV/Aids Unit.
“Thanks to our colleagues from the Departments of Nursing, Radiology, Procurement, Transport, the HIV/Aids Unit with support from the Marketing and Communication Department and the whole of the Business and Management Faculty, we were able to collect close to 170 packs of sanitary towels, donated by their staff since December 2017.”
This is an ongoing project and staff members are encouraged to continue donating the towels at the HIV Unit, MCD, Student Counselling, Department of Student Affairs, Disability Unit and Campus Clinics.
The department with the most donations stands to win a prize.
Staff members can be the drive’s champion by doing the following:
- Collect towels from everyone in your department;
- Challenge a CPUT department to better your donation numbers and;
- Arrange for collection by emailing Marais
“Hopefully, once we source large amounts in donations we’ll be able to hand out a full pack per student requesting some,” she says.
“We will soon have some branded sanitary towel plastic containers that will be placed in strategic areas on campus,” she says.
The success of the drive will ensure that for the upcoming 2018 Young Women Leadership Conference, which will be hosted by the HIV/Aids Unit in August, each delegate will receive one pack of sanitary towels in her goody bag.
Marais thanks all the sponsors for supporting the unit during this drive.
