Her Right to Learn is a Tokidz Cares campaign in collaboration with Ubuntu, tackling period poverty in Zambia by providing sustainable menstrual products and education, empowering girls to stay in school and learn with dignity and confidence.
Tackling period poverty through education, dignity and sustainable menstrual health solutions.
Tokidz Cares partners with Ubuntu, an initiative founded by six University of Sydney Medical Science students that has raised more than A$4,000 for its work in Zambia.
Ubuntu has already delivered 1,000 menstrual cups to Chipangali, Zambia, in two stages of 500. Mphawa Rural Health Post served as the local receiving hub, with cups distributed to participating schools alongside menstrual health education. Following the distributions, local officials reported improved school attendance.
Through Tokidz Cares' Her Right to Learn campaign, we are building on this work to bring reusable menstrual products and education to more schoolgirls across Zambia.
Because no girl's education should be interrupted by something as natural as her period.
Why this partnership matters
A cup is reusable, comfortable and built to last. That means fewer missed lessons, fewer abandoned school years, and more girls walking across a graduation stage because nothing stood in their way.
2.28 million
schoolgirls in Zambia are affected by period poverty every month
31–36 days
of school a girl can miss each year due to period poverty and lack of proper facilities
10 years
of protection from one reusable cup — no refills, no waste, no missed classes
Every delivery depends on people working together, from supporters and manufacturers to local health teams and educators. Follow the journey Ubuntu's earlier cups took to reach girls in Chipangali.
Previous delivery route: ChipangaliIt starts with you. Community donations and fundraising events make every cup possible.
It starts with you. Community donations and fundraising events make every cup possible.
This shows the route used for Ubuntu's previous delivery. The route, school and timeline for the next shipment will be confirmed once local arrangements are agreed.
Moments from Ubuntu Period Project's most recent delivery of menstrual cups to schools in Chipangali.
Impact stories and media coverage from the campaign, as reported in the press.
A university group assignment became a global humanitarian effort: six Medical Science students raised $4,000, sourced 1,000 menstrual cups and delivered them to schools in the Chipangali district, with officials reporting a measurable improvement in girls' school attendance and educational outcomes.
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For six University of Sydney undergraduates, end of semester meant delivering 1,000 menstrual cups to girls in rural Zambia. Completed in just 13 weeks, the project navigated customs, ran a public education campaign and has already produced a measurable drop in absenteeism among menstruating girls.
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