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The fight against period poverty and education about menstruation, support for Ukraine, especially for female refugees who came to Poland, another edition of the Yellow Plate programme. It was a busy year! See what we were working on in 2022 at the Kulczyk Foundation.

Almost 3.5 million menstrual pads and tampons will go to people in need within 2 years thanks to the cooperation of the Periodic Coalition with Biedronka. Regular deliveries allowed e.g. donating menstrual aids to women and girls who came to Poland from Ukraine. They are distributed by the Periodic Coalition, an association of organizations and experts that deal with the normalization of menstruation.

The Living Museum of Gingerbread from Toruń visited us for the fourth time. Demonstrations of historical gingerbread baking were conducted by animators - the Gingerbread Master and the Spicy Witch. The workshops were organized between 05-08/12/2022. As part of the workshops, Pracownia Efektu Domina was visited by nearly 400 pupils of the Yellow Plate programme from 18 facilities.

The representatives of local governments, teachers, school directors, doctors, midwives, politicians, and educators took part in a consultation meeting on the assumptions to the draft law on free sanitary pads in schools. The meeting was held on the initiative of the Periodic Coalition on November 24.