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The main purpose of this project is to help provide teenage girls and young women in Africa with sanitary towels.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of Project Dignity is to empower young girls through education and to provide access to sanitary towels that will enable them to reach their full potential without nature interfering with their everyday lives.

CURRENT SITUATION: It is a widespread but unacknowledged problem that girls in Africa miss school and stay at home for days because of menstruation and a lack of healthy sanitary towels. According to UNICEF, one in ten schoolgirls in Africa miss classes or drop out completely due to their period, and substitute regular pads or tampons for less safe and less absorbent materials such as rags, newspaper or tree bark.

THE SOLUTION: A re-usable sanitary pad and panty that is 100% cotton therefore allowing the skin to breathe, the elastic is non-woven, rubber based and therefore will not stretch out of shape. The sanitary towel is absorbent and will hold up to 25 – 30mls of discharge.

The sanitary towel is fully washable therefore reusable. The sanitary towels are made of 100% cotton fabrics therefore will last a minimum of 5 years. The pad contains no gels or absorbent chemicals and is totally biodegradable. It is a “green peace” product, therefore being biodegradable means it will not clog landfills.

As you probably know, in Africa young girls will often share their sanitary towels (usually scrap cloth) with their mothers or other women in the household. Of course they are washed thoroughly between use, but venereal diseases can be transmitted through sharing in spite of that.

Acceptance of any contribution, gift or grant is at the discretion of Platform Cares. The Foundation will not accept any gift unless it can be used or expended consistently with the purpose and mission of the Platform Cares Foundation.

No irrevocable gift, whether outright or life-income in character, will be accepted if under any reasonable set of circumstances the gift would jeopardize the donor’s financial security.

The Platform cares will refrain from providing advice about the tax or other treatment of gifts and will encourage donors to seek guidance from their own professional advisers to assist them in the process of making their donation.

Platform Cares will accept donations of cash or publicly traded securities. Gifts of in-kind services will be accepted at the discretion of Platform Cares.

Certain other gifts, real property, personal property, in-kind gifts, non-liquid securities, and contributions whose sources are not transparent or whose use is restricted in some manner, must be reviewed prior to acceptance due to the special obligations raised or liabilities they may pose for Platform Cares.

The Platform Cares will provide acknowledgments to donors meeting tax requirements for property received by the charity as a gift. However, except for gifts of cash and publicly traded securities, no value shall be ascribed to any receipt or other form of substantiation of a gift received by Platform Cares.

The Platform Cares will respect the intent of the donor relating to gifts for restricted purposes and those relating to the desire to remain anonymous. With respect to anonymous gifts, the Platform Cares will restrict information about the donor to only those staff members with a need to know.

The Platform Cares will not compensate, whether through commissions, finders' fees, or other means, any third party for directing a gift or a donor to the Platform Cares.

Acceptance of any contribution, gift or grant is at the discretion of Platform Cares. The Foundation will not accept any gift unless it can be used or expended consistently with the purpose and mission of the Platform Cares Foundation.

No irrevocable gift, whether outright or life-income in character, will be accepted if under any reasonable set of circumstances the gift would jeopardize the donor’s financial security.

The Platform cares will refrain from providing advice about the tax or other treatment of gifts and will encourage donors to seek guidance from their own professional advisers to assist them in the process of making their donation.

Platform Cares will accept donations of cash or publicly traded securities. Gifts of in-kind services will be accepted at the discretion of Platform Cares.

Certain other gifts, real property, personal property, in-kind gifts, non-liquid securities, and contributions whose sources are not transparent or whose use is restricted in some manner, must be reviewed prior to acceptance due to the special obligations raised or liabilities they may pose for Platform Cares.

The Platform Cares will provide acknowledgments to donors meeting tax requirements for property received by the charity as a gift. However, except for gifts of cash and publicly traded securities, no value shall be ascribed to any receipt or other form of substantiation of a gift received by Platform Cares.

The Platform Cares will respect the intent of the donor relating to gifts for restricted purposes and those relating to the desire to remain anonymous. With respect to anonymous gifts, the Platform Cares will restrict information about the donor to only those staff members with a need to know.

The Platform Cares will not compensate, whether through commissions, finders' fees, or other means, any third party for directing a gift or a donor to the Platform Cares.

Acceptance of any contribution, gift or grant is at the discretion of the the Darlington Steve Foundation. The Darlington Steve Foundation will not accept any gift unless it can be used or expended consistently with the purpose and mission of the Darlington Steve Foundation.

No irrevocable gift, whether outright or life-income in character, will be accepted if under any reasonable set of circumstances the gift would jeopardize the donor’s financial security.

The Darlington Steve Foundation will refrain from providing advice about the tax or other treatment of gifts and will encourage donors to seek guidance from their own professional advisers to assist them in the process of making their donation.

The Darlington Steve Foundation will accept donations of cash or publicly traded securities. Gifts of in-kind services will be accepted at the discretion of the Darlington Steve Foundation.

Certain other gifts, real property, personal property, in-kind gifts, non-liquid securities, and contributions whose sources are not transparent or whose use is restricted in some manner, must be reviewed prior to acceptance due to the special obligations raised or liabilities they may pose for Darlington Steve Foundation.

The Darlington Steve Foundation will provide acknowledgments to donors meeting tax requirements for property received by the charity as a gift. However, except for gifts of cash and publicly traded securities, no value shall be ascribed to any receipt or other form of substantiation of a gift received by Darlington Steve Foundation.

The Darlington Steve Foundation will respect the intent of the donor relating to gifts for restricted purposes and those relating to the desire to remain anonymous. With respect to anonymous gifts, the Darlington Steve Foundation will restrict information about the donor to only those staff members with a need to know.

The Darlington Steve Foundation will not compensate, whether through commissions, finders' fees, or other means, any third party for directing a gift or a donor to the Darlington Steve Foundation.