What is the ‘Your Smalls Appeal’? Set up January 2016 an initiative and the brainchild of Diana Esho. The aim of the initiative is to encourage girls & women in the UK to help support young girls & women in developing countries and local UK charities in a way only they can. We do this by collecting donated nearly new recycled bras, new pants and buying reusable menstruations kits.
How does it work? The initiative works through recycling an important item of clothing we take for granted, something is thrown away once it is out of fashion or no longer feels comfortable. A vital and essential item used by girls & women everywhere -The Bra!
The Your Smalls Appeal receives all styles of bras and sports bras, then sends them to those in need. Diana Esho was shocked that there are still women in the world who do not have access to this basic item of clothing. Since June 2016 she has sent over 1,000 bras to a medical centre & school in the Gambia. Donated by parents’, teachers and local ladies groups connected to the Our Lady's’ Convent School in Loughborough through the Parents’ Association of which Diana was the Chair ( 2015 - 1017). Since its initial launch, Diana now receives regular donations from ladies connected to local business networking groups of which she is affiliated and generous ladies who have heard about the appeal through various social media platforms and of course the girls and mummies at various schools and colleges
What must be done Girls still miss school and can be seen as a burden to their families when menstruating. The Your Smalls Appeal now buy reusable Hygiene Packs made in the Gambia by trafficked and sexually exploited girls. This means the money we send stays within the country. The women who make the hygiene packs sell them to the school where the young girls and women go to school and work. The packs then allow the girls to stay at school while menstruating.
Help us all girls walk to school feeling safe, secure and with dignity.
Why it works. It works because it’s simple, it costs nothing to donate and helps the environment! Join the Brarevolution!
Diana Esho
There is nothing greater than when women and girls empower each other