There are 2194 brick kiln factories in Nepal. Women working in the kilns are currently working 16/17 hours per day, 6 days a week....These women are the forgotten women of Nepal! The kilns are scattered across Nepal, with many of the kiln factories situated in the extreme heat of the Terai region, the southern plains bordering India. Families work in the kilns on a seasonal basis in forced bonded labour, 70% of the workers are Nepali with others coming over the border from India.

TUFA has, since 2013 developed a relationship with Days for Girls (DFG) International and established our rural DFG program in Gatlang, Rasuwa, Nepal (destroyed in the 2015 earthquake). TUFA are currently supporting the DFG Nepal Chaunni Enterprise Team, located in the Kathmandu Valley where our team of ladies are sewing washable menstruation pads for girls & women who have very limited access to feminine hygiene health.

Acknowledging the harsh & extreme conditions the women working in Kiln Factories are enduring TUFA have established an independent program that delivers health & hygiene as well a giving each of these women working in bonded labour a DFG washable menstruation kit.  

EACH WASHABLE MENSTRUATION KIT COSTS AU$10 TO PRODUCE & WE NEED YOUR HELP!  

The objectives of this Program are:

- Distribute DFG washable menstruation kits to all participants

- Assess the need for health & hygiene education with women currently working in bonded labour in the kiln

- Assess social, living & working conditions of the women & children

- Raise awareness & the importance of menstrual hygiene practices as well as general hygiene practices.

- Data collection and other site contact information.