20 February 2019
WRITTEN BY THEO FRANCIS, STUDENT COUNCILLOR
Each Year group has a specific charity to focus on their fundraising on. For Year 8 it is the ‘Red Box Project’. This project focuses on making sure no girl misses a day of school due to period poverty or the stigma that surrounds it. One in seven girls have struggled to afford sanitary products according to the charity ‘Plan International’.
Here at Chorlton High School we wish to change that.
We have partnered with the Red Box Project to be a collection point for donated sanitary products. From there we ship sanitary products to other schools to help the wider community. When Ms Quinn told us about the incentive I immediately said that I could make the collection box and set the wheels in motion. Ms Quinn said she wanted a red pillar-box style collection point to tie in to the theme set by the Red Box Project. At this point in time I have finished the main structure and just need to stencil on the finishing touches. Some people say that it is ‘not right’ for a boy to help a ‘girls cause’ but at the end of the day we are all human. I only hope that through this project, as a school, we can break down the stigma around period poverty. After all, it would bring us one step closer to peace.
Further 'Period Poverty' information can be found at Red Box Project website, on their Twitter account @RedBoxProject and via the Plan International website.
