Werner Haag - determines how $1,500 is spent from October 2026 through December 2027
$300 to The Philippines to sponsor a Menstrual Health, Vaginal Hygiene, and Reproductive Literacy Workshop
1-Day Intensive Workshop for 50 Indigenous Alangan Mangyan Women and Girls
(Adolescents & Youth): Ages 12 to 25 (Married Women): Ages 26 to 50
Collaborating Partner: The Operating Room Nurses Association of the Philippines (ORNAP)
Session 1: (Ages 12-25): Menstrual cycle literacy, busting local myths, and safe anatomical boundaries.
Session 2 (Ages 26-50): Maternal health, vaginal microflora preservation, and avoiding infections by using only clean water and mild soap (preventing dependency on expensive chemical washes).
Hands-On Sustainability Workshop – by: Mrs. Rosalina Melendres-Valenton: Teaching participants how to construct, manually stitch, wash, and dry their own eco-friendly reusable cloth sanitary pads using sustainable textiles.
Integrated Community Distribution: Distribution of individual sustainability kits and visual reading charts. – by: Ms. Crezeil Sanyuan – Leviste
Budget Matrix
Nutritional Component (Snacks & Lunch)
• AM Snack: Hot native porridge (lugaw) with egg
• Lunch: Rice, native vegetable soup, and chicken fish alternative
• PM Snack: Local boiled bananas/camote and clean drinking water
50 Participants + 5 Volunteers
= 55 Pax @ $2.00 head
$110.00
Hygiene Sustainability Kits & Workshop Supplies
• Absorbent cotton flannel sheets, leak-proof backing sheets, sewing needles, threads, and snaps for reusable pads.
• 1 bar of mild, hypoallergenic baby soap per participant.
50 Kits @ $2.60 per package
$130.00
Instructional Advocacy Materials
• 1 Official Event Tarpaulin backdrop for the ORNAP lecture.
• 50 Printed take-home illustrated reading pamphlets (Tagalog/Alangan) about basic tracking and vaginal safety.
Tarpaulin & Reading Materials
$40.00
Logistics Support
• Minimal transport fuel allowance to assist ORNAP volunteers in traveling from the lowland to the mountain school.
$20.00
GRAND TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET
$300.00