Hygienic Bashali

03/06/2020

Prime minister Jacinda Ardern is fighting period poverty with a new bill; ’s government will foot the bill in an attempt to squash period poverty, which prevents more than 90,000 girls from attending school during their due to inability to afford sanitary pads or tampons. states sanitary supplies for a monthly period were not a luxury, but a necessity and too many girls were skipping school because they weren’t able to afford hygiene products. Schools in deprived areas also reported girls being forced to use toilet paper, newspaper and rags in an attempt to manage their period. The programme will go nationwide on an opt-in basis by 2021.

18/05/2019

Know more about the Kalasha tribe.

Team Hygienic Bashali is determined to help Kalasha prosper.

11/05/2019

Hygienic Bashali bringing lights to the lives of Kalasha women!

Hybrid solar panel has been installed in Bashali to facilitate Kalsha women during the power outage, especially in winters.

A big shout out to our volunteer Shafi Ahmad Khan who led the team of 3 people to deploy solar panel in Bashali.

We envision to empower aspiring women - the future of Kalsha community.

If you want to donate for this righteous cause, please reach us at '03445592643' or 'badaldozindigi@gmail.com'

Regards,
Team-HB

09/04/2019

Thank you UNICEF Pakistan.

04/04/2019

"Young Roomi, for example, could not join the Uchaw festival this time. She had to stay with few of the Kalasha girls in the Bashali House while everyone else was dancing.

“I want to celebrate, dance and join my family members and friends in the festival but I am not allowed to do so,” says 24 year-old Roomi.

Locals say that it’s part of ancient Kalasha culture to restrict certain womens’ movements and confine them to houses on some specific days. Bashali House is a place reserved for girls undergoing menstrual periods. The Kalasha culture focuses on “purity”. According to their beliefs, during these specific days, women are impure so they have to live in the house. If they don’t, God might punish them by sending floods and other natural calamities.

But pregnant women also have to stay in the house for their deliveries. The traditional and very ancient house has some very basic facilities. The place is restricted to men and boys and they are not even allowed to touch the wall of the house.

“Touching Bashali House’s wall is prohibited,” reads a written sign on the wall. But visitors coming from the other parts of Pakistan often touch it and take selfies in some show of bravado. I run into a Kalasha man right after he scuffled with some visitors. The Kalasha man had to repeat it a number of times to the visitors that touching this sacred wall is prohibited. Despite this, the visitors took another selfie and left the scene."

They once ruled the entire region but today, the number of indigenous people of the Kalash Valley is fast dwindling.

28/03/2019

Our campaign, youth led initiative namely Hygienic bashali, is MHM Drive that aims to end period poverty by creating and providing a safe & healthy environment cm sanitary material respectively for kalash women inside bashali. These drives consist of awareness sessions, group discussions, peer-to-peer counselling and interactive teaching tools. They also provide these girls and women with a month’s supply of sanitary products, so they can practice safe and healthy period.

-SOL
BASHALI TEAM

27/03/2019

Do you know what happens to your body during your period? 80% of females don't know what is happening with their bodies. They have believed a different kind of myths associated with periods like don't take bath during periods, don't drink juices, don't do oiling to hairs, don't touch the plants, don't tell others about your periods etc because you are dirty and unclean.

What we are doing is to answer questions: why it comes to every month and what are the myths around periods and how we can take care of our bodies with proper hygiene inside bashali.

Such conversation and collective actions is necessary for kalash community because collectively we will able to reduce the stigma around periods and will make the periods as a natural process rather taking it as a disease or something unacceptable.

-Bashali
-SOL

15/03/2019

Hello Folks,
Warmest welcome to you all.
"Hygienic Bashali" is an initiative initiated with a purpose to help the women of marginalized Kalasha community, improve hygiene and comfort inside Bashali( a dedicated home where they are kept during their monthlies).
We provide them some basic facilities, for instance, sanitary napkins, first aid kits, and delivery kits.

If you are generous enough to contribute to this good cause, please inbox us for the details.
You can also reach out to us at "badaldozindigi@gmail.com" in case of any query.

Our benevolent partners: UNICEF, Generation Unlimited, and School of Leadership.

Please help us spread this message.

Thank you for your time.

PS: Please let us know if you want to volunteer with team Hygienic Bashali