#MAKAPADS - Twitter Hashtag

about 1 year ago

Every MakaPad used is a win for the planet and for girls . No plastic No toxins No landfill waste Just papyrus, paper & purpose Uganda’s own climate-smart solution to period poverty. #AWF #MakaPads #PlasticFreePeriods #SustainableUganda 📷 @FrosteeLensUg

carol_atim23's tweet photo. Every MakaPad used is a win for the planet and for girls .
No plastic
No toxins
No landfill waste
Just papyrus, paper & purpose
Uganda’s own climate-smart solution to period poverty.
#AWF
#MakaPads #PlasticFreePeriods #SustainableUganda
📷 @FrosteeLensUg https://t.co/1xiFFiKZK8

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AfriWISE Impact Hub @AFRIWISEFDN

about 1 year ago

Say hello to 'MakaPads' Uganda’s eco-friendly answer to plastic sanitary pads. ✔ Made from papyrus & recycled paper ✔ 100% biodegradable in 2 months ✔ Locally made = jobs for women ✔ No plastic, no shame, no waste #AWF #MakaPads #PlasticFreePeriods 📷@FrosteeLensUg

AFRIWISEFDN's tweet photo. Say hello to 'MakaPads' Uganda’s eco-friendly answer to plastic sanitary pads.
✔ Made from papyrus & recycled paper
✔ 100% biodegradable in 2 months
✔ Locally made = jobs for women
✔ No plastic, no shame, no waste
#AWF
#MakaPads
#PlasticFreePeriods
📷@FrosteeLensUg https://t.co/50Db247DLZ

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Uganda Registration Services Bureau

@URSBHQ

over 4 years ago

Did you know that the academic performance of most girls in the rural areas is affected at puberty level due to failure to access affordable sanitary towels during menstruation? The #Makapads Sanitary pads provide a solution faced by schoolgirls in the rural areas by ...1/2

URSBHQ's tweet photo. Did you know that the academic performance of most girls in the rural areas is affected at puberty level due to failure to access affordable sanitary towels during menstruation?

The #Makapads Sanitary pads provide a solution faced by schoolgirls in the rural areas by ...1/2 https://t.co/Ab8Cr65yWH

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Samerelshehawi @samerelshehawi

about 5 years ago

A product I am most impressed by: papyrus and recycled paper to women sanitary pads in Uganda. Waste can further be used for bio-energy #paludiculture #ClimateActionNow #makapads #peatlandsmatter #circulareconomy @greifswaldmoor @min_waterUg @giz_gmbh @nbiweb

samerelshehawi's tweet photo. A product I am most impressed by: papyrus and recycled paper to women sanitary pads in Uganda. Waste can further be used for bio-energy #paludiculture #ClimateActionNow #makapads #peatlandsmatter #circulareconomy @greifswaldmoor @min_waterUg @giz_gmbh @nbiweb https://t.co/hbxrneyACu

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Digital Inclusion Alliance Uganda @DIA_Uganda

over 5 years ago

@Makerere we need to involve our #makapads project into this initiative @noah_mesfin

Amb. Rosa Malango “Naluwooza” “Aciro”

@RMalango2021

over 5 years ago · Nakasongola

@WFPinUganda @SDGhub_Makerere @STFUganda @BishopStuartUni @nbstv @ubctvuganda @GCICUganda @nice_uganda @AYINET

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Till Wahnbaeck @TillWahnbaeck

almost 6 years ago

Yet another milestone for our young organisation: thank you @dsw_de for funding the expansion of our biodegradable sanitary pads #MakaPads into underserved rural areas in #Uganda. #partnerships #socialbusiness

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Till Wahnbaeck @TillWahnbaeck

over 6 years ago

Welcome @SiemensStiftung as angel investor in our joint venture #MakaPads in #Uganda, making and selling compostable sanitary pads made of papyrus. Thank you for helping create green jobs for poor people and keeping girls in school. #impactinvesting

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empowering people. Network @Emp_Ppl_Award

over 7 years ago

#epNetwork solution #MakaPads breaks the taboo of #MenstrualHygiene not only on #MenstrualHygieneDay2019, but every day. 👍See more: https://t.co/XJOU41uEGb

UNICEF

@UNICEF

over 7 years ago

A period should never stop girls from going to school or enjoying their rights. It’s time for action! This Menstrual Hygiene Day, 28 May, RT to spread this message. #MenstruationMatters #MHDay2019

UNICEF's tweet photo. A period should never stop girls from going to school or enjoying their rights.

It’s time for action! This Menstrual Hygiene Day, 28 May, RT to spread this message. #MenstruationMatters #MHDay2019 https://t.co/spMtpSBeF7

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empowering people. Network @Emp_Ppl_Award

about 8 years ago

With a heavy heart we are saying goodbye to Dr. Moses Musaazi, who lost his fight against cancer. Moses was a devoted innovator, honored for creating #MakaPads, sanitary pads that have transformed the lives of thousands of disadvantaged girls and women in Uganda. RIP, dear Moses!

Emp_Ppl_Award's tweet photo. With a heavy heart we are saying goodbye to Dr. Moses Musaazi, who lost his fight against cancer. Moses was a devoted innovator, honored for creating #MakaPads, sanitary pads that have transformed the lives of thousands of disadvantaged girls and women in Uganda. RIP, dear Moses! https://t.co/3n060V1dIx

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Stephen Kalyesubula @kal_stephen

about 8 years ago

Sad News: It's very unbearable and heartbreaking for the death of Prof @KizzaMusaazi, Uganda's renowned Scientist, senior lecturer @MakCEDAT CEO https://t.co/dxpaalDXwG MD #Makapads @MakerereU Fellow @RAEngNews #MyMentor #Inventor. RIP. @UNCST_Uganda @MakEngineers @MableTwegumye

kal_stephen's tweet photo. Sad News: It's very unbearable and heartbreaking for the death of Prof @KizzaMusaazi, Uganda's renowned Scientist, senior lecturer @MakCEDAT CEO https://t.co/dxpaalDXwG MD #Makapads @MakerereU Fellow @RAEngNews #MyMentor #Inventor. RIP. @UNCST_Uganda @MakEngineers @MableTwegumye https://t.co/SNUmtbYDav

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empowering people. Network @Emp_Ppl_Award

about 8 years ago

All our heartfelt wishes go to Moses Musaazi, @KizzaMusaazi, innovator & #SocEnt, honored for creating #MakaPads, sanitary pads that have transformed the lives of thousands of disadvantaged girls & women in Uganda. He is one of us! Get well soon, Moses! https://t.co/rKKQvr3xtW

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Mable Twegumye Zake @MableTwegumye

over 8 years ago

Tomorrow night on #NBSPeopleAndPower @nbstv 10:30PM, the mastermind of the world's only Sanitary pads made out of papyrus; the #MakaPads @MakerereU Doctor Moses Kiiza Musaazi- MD Technology 4 Tomorrow #NBSUpdates