Yuhan-Kimberly to donate 6 mil. sanitary pads
Yuhan-Kimberly's picture for the charity campaign “Cheer Up, Daughters” / Courtesy of Yuhan-Kimberly
By Kim Jae-heun
Yuhan-Kimberly said it will donate 600,000 sanitary pads to nearly 7,000 teenage girls living in child shelters and those leaving them when they turn 20, the age that they can legally move out from the shelters and live alone.
This is part of its collaboration with the Happybean Foundation, an online donation service and a platform operated by the country's largest portal site Naver.
The hygiene product maker is currently reviewing organizations that wish to receive sanitary pads and choosing 100 of them for donation.
Yuhan-Kimberly began this charity in 2016 in cooperation with the Korea Foundation For Women under the campaign name of “Cheer Up, Daughters,” which aims to strengthen human rights, health and hygiene for young women.
The company started by donating 1.53 million sanitary pads four years ago and has been sharing over 1 million every year, reaching an accumulated total of 5.08 million last year. Yuhan-Kimberly has donated a total of 6 million sanitary pads to date.
Yuhan-Kimberly has long been running activities for women. In particular, it is participating in leading a culture where women can talk freely about menstruation.
It is also operating an online blog and website providing sex education as the majority of women here do not learn about menstrual health after elementary school.
In addition, Yuhan-Kimberly has been working with various institutes and organizations to help women by opening leadership programs for nongovernmental organizations.
“We are proud to take part in helping women actively engage in society and live hygienic lives by introducing the first modern sanitary pads 50 years ago, when our company was established,” a Yuhan-Kimberly official said. “We hope our donation delivers our warm heart to the underprivileged.”