Di Sana Pads Team
For Sana Pads, our mission na to fight period poverty for sustainable way. As we dey provide sanitary pads wey you fit wash use again, we wan push equality between women and men and remove di barriers wey period dey bring.
Where pipo don see us
Meet our CEO
Mary Azaki Olowoloba
Mary na gender advocate and community development specialist, and she don use her whole career to open doors for girls and women – for communities, for public service and for di whole West Africa.
Mary work for girls start long before Sana Pads. As Programme Officer for Denuola Care Foundation (Azaki Foundation), she don design programmes for young girls wey get belle, wey no dey school or wey don comot from their house, she don lead campaigns against violence on women and pikin wey never reach age, and she don organise workshops and training wey dey build life skills for women, girls and children. During her National Youth Service for 2017, she don already dey organise health outreach on Ebola, Lassa fever and HIV/AIDS for primary schools for Karu, Nasarawa State.
For public service, she serve as Special Assistant on di Sustainable Development Goals to di Honourable Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, she build partnership with United Nations agencies and multilateral organisations, and she work almost three years as tax officer for di Monitoring and Evaluation Unit of di FCT Internal Revenue Service. She don lead public communication for di President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Media Centre and di FCT Youth Development Secretariat, and she chair di FCT 2024 celebration of di International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
For international level, she represent di education division of di Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for conferences and meetings, and later she serve for ECOWAS selection committee as consultant. For Benin Republic, she work as Africa Regional Assistant for Tootia Holding Group, where she build partnership between distributors and management. For 2020, Millennium Africa Global Initiative honour her as Pillar of Community Development.
Education
Languages Wey She Sabi
Award
Wetin She Focus On
Meet di management team
Margaret Ochegbudu
Sadiq Dauda
Monica Emmanuel
Grace Okpara
Emmanuella Joseph
Florence Rowland Kigbu
Di Problem
For Nigeria alone, about 50 million women no get, or get only small access to clean period products right now. Because of dis, girls dey miss school days regularly, and sometimes dem dey drop out of school finish. For some cases, girls dey do extreme things to get menstrual products. When dem use things wey no clean like newspaper, old kitchen towel and sticks, e dey often cause infection diseases.
How We Dey Work
For Sana Pads, our approach stand on purpose, passion and pipo. Our team dey committed well well to bring change wey get meaning, one project, one community and one conversation at a time. Every team member believe say access to menstrual health suppose be basic right, no be privilege.
We believe say education get power to bring change. When we raise awareness about menstrual health and hygiene, we dey give pipo power – especially young girls – to take back their dignity and potential. But our work no stop for education. We dey build strong relationship wey get trust with local communities, NGOs, schools and health workers, to make sure say our impact come from real needs and sustainable solutions.
Together, we dey build movement – movement wey empathy dey drive, wey new ideas dey push, and wey stand on di strong belief say everybody deserve chance to grow well.
Why We Start
Di idea start when one of our team members still be teenager:
“My parents no ever give me money for Sanitary Pads or similar products. I get three options when I see my first period at 11 years: 1) To miss 25% of school 2) To work day and night for small money 3) To sell my body to older man so I fit buy pads”
Our Impact Until Now
Since we register Sana Pads, we don raise donations for girls wey no fit afford pads. Dis way, we dey help reduce disposable pad waste and bring girls back to school.
8,265
Women wey dey use Sana Pads
20,209
Pads wey dem donate
1,983,600
Disposable pads wey dem no need again every year
About Us
Sana dey give young women power to stay for school and follow their dreams, and dis na big step towards equality between women and men.
Excellence
We commit to give top quality for everything wey we dey do.
Care for Environment
We dey empower women for sustainable way with sanitary pads wey good for environment and wey you fit wash use again.
Customer First
We dey focus on di needs and satisfaction of di pipo wey we dey serve.
FAQ
Answers to common questions about pads wey you fit wash use again and how to care for yourself during period.
Why I go choose Sana Pads instead of normal disposable pads?
Sana Pads na high-quality materials wey you fit use again, so dem be sustainable option wey good for environment instead of disposable sanitary products. Dem dey gentle for your skin, dem dey absorb well well, and dem dey save money for long run. When you choose Sana Pads, you dey help reduce plastic waste, and you go enjoy comfort and pad wey you fit trust for your whole cycle.
How long I fit use one Sana Pad before I need to wash am?
One Sana Pad dey give you comfort and protection for 4 to 8 hours, depending on your flow. To stay fresh, change am every 4 to 6 hours – more often for heavy days. After each use, rinse am for cold water and wash am with soap. If you care for am well, each pad go last 2 to 3 years.
Sana Pads safe for sensitive skin?
Yes, dem make Sana Pads from soft materials wey dey allow air pass and no dey cause allergy, so dem dey gentle for your skin. Dem no get di harmful chemicals and toxins wey common for disposable pads, so dem be correct choice for pipo wey get sensitive skin or allergies.
How I go take clean and care for my Sana Pads?
Rinse your pad for cold water immediately – hot water dey make blood stain stick. Then wash am with mild soap, with hand or for machine, and rinse until di water clear. Dry am finish for direct sun, because sun dey also kill germs. Abeg no use tumble dryer, bleach or fabric softener: dem dey spoil di absorbent layers. If you care for am like dis, one Sana Pad go last 2 to 3 years.
Price dey change if I order plenty?
No. Each product get fixed price for each pack, no matter how many packs you order. You fit calculate your total with our price calculator. For big orders, send us direct message and we go confirm di delivery cost with you before you pay.
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Contact Us
Margaret Ochegbudu
Business Manager
