Amar Sathi project has been conceptualized by Lions Club of Jamalpur Welfare Trust with multiple objectives to provide support to the rural women. The targeted area is as under.
- To make awareness about maintaining Menstrual Hygiene of the rural women to save them from different diseases including cervical cancer due to following of convention method during periods.
- To create employment among the rural women by providing engagement opportunity to them.
- To produce Low Cost sanitary napkin and distribute the same among the rural women. We have started mass campaigning and organizing awareness camps in assistance with SHGs from May, 2019.
From the experience it reveals the women are in dire need of low cost napkin and they are ready voluntarily performing duties if Jamalpur Lions Club takes the lead in the matter. After much discussion LCJWT have organized an all women group PRERONA comprising a strong contingent of 100 women from different age groups and all belongs to different SHGs. Thereafter we have tapped different source for manufacture of low cost sanitary napkin and finalized with the support of Vatsalya Foundation, Baroda. The member of PRERONA is working in the production unit against incentive of per pad production and other members engaged in sale in rural area through SHG members and ASHA workers in the doorstep of ultimate consumer and get sales commission. Moreover different NGOs are now contacting with us for procurement of sanitary napkin. Finally after the close of the year the profit has been distributed between our club and SHG members on 25: 75 ratio. The 75 % margin has been distributed among the members of PRERONA.