The foundation started its work from a village/kasba – Nayagaon, Kesaria, in East Champaran district of Bihar, India in 2019, with the focus on improving the menstrual health and hygiene practices of poor rural women and adolescent girls, and is slowly and steadily continuing and expanding its activities since then.

This is being done through four main lines of activities, which are:

• Small Scale manufacturing of sanitary napkins (christened Kishoree Pad) through decentralized village based labour-intensive manufacturing units.
• Providing livelihood to rural women and an opportunity to work, earn and learn at the all-women manufacturing units, and thus empowering them
• Holding menstrual health and hygiene awareness workshop and training programs in villages and rural communities to achieve behaviour change communication and making girls and women aware of menstrual health, female reproduction, good hygiene practices and related health issues
• Free distribution of Kishoree pad to adolescent girls, young women and similar other target groups, as well as making available these pads at the cost price to those girls and women who can afford it and are willing to do so.

The foundation has continuously and steadily been working in line with these stated objectives. The experience of previous years has also been a learning experience which has helped the foundation is modifying and revising its strategies, objectives and operational plans. And the foundation has slowly been expanding its footprints in different parts of Eastern India. As of now, the foundation has presence in three states of India, namely Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Although these footprints are not very substantial, the motivation and commitment of our team members are quite high and everyone is committed to work hard and in the process learn, revise, expand and replicate our evolving plans to many other areas.