Period Love – Bleed Green
Period Love – Bleed Green, Stonesoup Trust’s flagship initiative, promotes period positivity and sustainable menstruation by helping women and girls shift to reusable menstrual products. The program combines menstrual health awareness, education, product distribution, counselling, follow-up, behaviour change communication, and community support.
Impact:
15,000+ women reached with sustainable products | 100,000+ women sensitized | Up to 96% menstrual cup adoption | Significant reduction in sanitary waste.
Period Club Initiative
Period Club is a youth-led leadership initiative that empowers college students to become Period Champions. Students are trained in menstrual health, sustainable menstruation, period positivity, leadership, community outreach, and communication skills, enabling them to create awareness and inspire positive change on campus and in their communities.
Club members conduct awareness sessions within their campuses and neighbouring schools and communities, creating informed, inclusive, and sustainable campuses while helping eliminate menstrual stigma.
Our Vision
To build a world where communities adopt sustainable lifestyles, eliminate waste at its source, and create dignified livelihoods for women while protecting the environment.
Our Mission
- Promote sustainable living practices.
- Build zero-waste communities.
- Improve menstrual health through sustainable solutions.
- Generate green livelihoods for marginalized women.
- Develop scalable community-led environmental models.
Namma Swachha Kannamangala
Community Waste Management – Kannamangala
A community-owned decentralized waste management initiative implemented in Kannamangala Gram Panchayat, focusing on source segregation, door-to-door collection, composting, dry waste processing, women’s employment, and behaviour change. The initiative processes 72–88% of waste locally, handling 30–46 tonnes every month, transforming 20 blackspots, and onboarding 86 commercial establishments while creating a women-led green livelihood model.
Green Dot Initiative
The Green Dot Initiative is Stonesoup Trust’s women-led social enterprise that trains local women to produce reusable cloth pads and promote sustainable menstruation. With 8 Green Dot Centres across India, the initiative has empowered 240+ women through livelihoods, skills, and community awareness.
Harit Dhara Rajasthan
Funded by Vedanta Limited – Cairn Oil & Gas, the project in Barmer, Rajasthan, was implemented by Stonesoup Trust with Dhara Sansthan. It established a local reusable cloth pad production unit and trained 13 women as producers and 15 as Green Dot Evangelists. The programme reached 2,000 women and girls across 20+ villages, achieving 76.6% adoption of sustainable menstrual products and creating a women-led livelihood model that promotes economic empowerment and environmental sustainability.
henkel
Henkel India
Location: Shell Apparels, Doddaballapur, Karnataka
A workplace-based sustainable menstruation programme for women employees, combining awareness sessions, menstrual cup distribution, structured follow-up, and impact assessment. The initiative aims to improve menstrual health and significantly reduce disposable sanitary waste generated in the workplace.
CreditAccess India Foundation (CAIF)
Location: Dodda Maralvadi, Kanakapura Taluk, Ramanagara District
A community-based sustainable menstruation initiative involving menstrual cup distribution, awareness sessions, and structured follow-up through ASHA workers and peer networks. The programme focuses on creating measurable health, environmental, and economic impact while promoting sustainable menstrual practices within the community.
AZUGA
People Trust (Azuga Project)
Location: Rajankunte and surrounding villages, Bengaluru Rural
Supported by People Trust, the project focused on sustainable menstruation awareness and reusable menstrual product distribution among rural women. Continuous follow-up ensured greater product adoption while reducing sanitary waste.