We have a factory in Homa Bay, Kenya. This factory is female-owned and operated. It is our home office, training facility, and the factory where the Galentine Care pads are made. The pads and production process were created by the women who operate the factory. Our pads are of the highest quality to meet the standards of all women. They are ergonomic, absorbent, and safe.
Our production process and technology allows us to make pads that are affordable and accessible. 67% of the menstrual marketplace cannot afford most pads. We are able to price our pads at a cost that 98.4% of those women consider affordable and pocket-friendly. A portion of those pads will be donated to local girls’ schools to ensure that no girl misses school for lack of access to this essential product.
Our model builds a sustainable, viable business in the unmet menstrual health space.
GalCare began in a modest 600 sq. ft. micro-plant in Mbita. Run almost entirely by women and powered by simple manual processes, this small facility produced more than 500,000 pads in under two year- proof of both the demand and the determination of local women to solve period poverty themselves.
From this tiny space, we created jobs, kept skills local, supplied local girls’ schools with free pads, and delivered dignity to women and adolescent girls across the community.
The women who develop our pads are called the ChangeMakers. They are trained in entrepreneurship, business management, finance, and marketing. They will have the tools they need to run a profitable enterprise. GalCare is a movement. GalCare is a Business. It is not a charity.
Your support will build a factory, create jobs, promote economic independence, and bring dignity and agency to women and adolescent girls.
For large donations or to learn more about GalCare, please contact us at info@galcare.org. We are happy to talk about this all day long.