R In the News
Deccan
Chronicle, a leading newspaper in India, DinaMalar, a leading Tamil language
newspaper, and CNN-IBN, India's foremost private news channel did an exclusive
coverage of the sanitary napkin vending machine, manufactured by Glo Life
Care Equipments under its REPROVEND SP-EM product series, installed in a rural
Chennai school by UNICEF and the state government in order to promote menstrual
hygiene among girl students
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November 06, 2007
The
India chapter of UNICEF writes an article, titled "A
Vending Machine Radicalises Girls’ Personal Hygiene Choices"
on the sanitary napkin vending machine installed in colloboration with the
state government.
November 05, 2007
The
news article, titled "Hygiene
for rural school girls" reads
"In a rural school at Nemeli, 30 kilometres from Chennai, the sanitary napkin vending machine installed by the state government and Unicef has broken the stigma surrounding women’s hygiene. The initiative is a part of the menstrual hygiene programme being implemented in all the schools in the state. The Amudha women’s self-help group running a tailoring unit in a nearby village, offered to provide the napkins at a subsidized cost of Rs 2. The schoolgirls who have been using the machine for around two months now say it has been very useful.
Devraj, Unicef programme officer for water and sanitation said most rural girls had no access to napkins and used cloth which could result in fungal infection, worm infestation and urinary infections. He said all this contributed to 90 per cent of adolescent girls being anaemic. "During one of the classes, a girl said her parents were willing to get her cosmetics but no sanitary napkins. We found in most schools that many parents neglected talking to their children about menstrual hygiene. Cultural taboos and superstitions have contributed to this. Also, the condition of toilets and water in most schools are horrible," he said.
The new machine which has been installed with help from the Cheema Foundation, of the TVS group also provides for an incinerator to dispose the soiled napkins hygienically. Dr Sujatha of the Cheema Foundation said that the women of the self-help group were trained to make the napkins in a professional manner. Shanta, of Akshaya self-help group said, "We have also started selling the napkins in villages for Rs 28 for a pack of eight in the villages and it is selling very well.
The demand for the pads have increased as students are happy with the quality. "We want to implement this in all schools in Krishnagiri district, where local authorities have shown great interest in the project. It will go a long way in keeping the girl child in school and improving their academic performance," Mr Devraj added."
November 02, 2007
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October 31, 2007
The coverage, titled "Chennai school makes girls aware,
period", talks about the innovative step by a private company to
increase awareness about menstrual hygiene among girls by installing a sanitary
napkin vending machine in a school, for the first time ever in the country!
Watch video and read the online version of the CNN-IBN news coverage at
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/chennai-school-makes-girls-aware-period/51468-3-1.html
You can also download the video (.avi) of the news coverage (Right Click on news video -->Save Target As)
March 02, 2006
Glo
Life Care Equipments launched the REPROVEND B Series, the automatic beverage
vending machine, for Malaysian based DXN-Lingzhi coffee in Chennai this month
at a special rally conducted by the members of DXN community. The promotional
campaign had tremendous attendance with people from different parts of the
world belonging to the DXN community flocking up to savour the taste and healthiness
embedded in herbal coffee vended from our custom designed vending machine.
DXN-Linghzi (King of all herbs) coffee is specially blended with Brazilian coffee beans (the age old No. 1 coffee in the world) and 100% ganoderma extract, giving the aroma and taste of the finest coffee beans in the world.
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Check the Image Gallery for pictures taken at the DXN Chennai rally.