Feature image taken by Kelly Barnes. (L-R, Isobel Marshall, Rebecca Huddy, Ian Steel, Eloise Hall).
OTR is making strides towards ending period poverty with their latest partnership with local social enterprise TABOO and local charity, KickStart for Kids.
TABOO’s feminine hygiene products will be stocked in 122 OTR sites from 17 June, across regional and metropolitan SA, as well as 22 National Pharmacies stores across SA, NSW and VIC.
100% of TABOO net profits from sales of its organic cotton pads and tampons is donated to health and education projects in developing countries.
Prior to this partnership, TABOO products were only available online and at IGA Malvern.
“As a proud South Australian brand, OTR is excited to introduce our customers to a new South Australian brand, TABOO,” explains OTR Head of Community Partnerships, Joann Skene.
“Additionally, we are thrilled to announce we will help end the cycle of period poverty by providing free TABOO products for South Australian schoolgirls through our OTRGive partner Kickstart For Kids.”
KickStart for Kids
KickStart for Kids is a non-for-profit organisation that supports disadvantaged school children in South Australia through school breakfast and lunch programs, mentoring and school holiday camps.
Founder of KickStart for Kids, Ian Steel says, “We welcome this partnership that will give 100 vulnerable South Australian schoolgirls access to feminine hygiene products, which has never been possible before through KickStart for Kids.”
It has been revealed that one in four students are missing school over a lack of access to feminine hygiene products and 70% of those surveyed had been forced to use toilet paper because products were not supplied, or it was too embarrassing to ask staff for them.
“Girls and women should not be disadvantaged because of their period and we at OTR are thrilled to join the fight for this to change,” concludes Ms Skene.
