How Bear Earth works: from your support to dignity kits for women in need
Every donation, subscription, and business partnership directly funds sanitary products and menstrual health education. 100% of profits go to our mission. Here is exactly how
The problem we exist to solve
In Sri Lanka, one pack of sanitary products costs 200 rupees, half a day's wage. In the UK, girls miss up to a week of school every month because they cannot afford period products. Globally, 500 million women and girls lack access to safe menstrual hygiene. Bear Earth exists to close this gap.
You donate, subscribe, or sponsor a kit
Individuals can sponsor a dignity kit, set up a monthly donation, or subscribe from £3.50/month. Businesses can subscribe from £35/month. 100% of profits fund our mission.
We assemble tailored dignity kits
Each kit is tailored to the recipient's needs: sanitary pads, soap, towels, underwear, socks, shampoo, and essentials. Kits are adapted for different cultural contexts, age groups, and distribution settings
Kits reach women and girls through trusted partners
In the UK, products are distributed through the Zinthiya Trust via food banks & community shops in Leicester. Internationally, kits reach refugee camps, rural communities, plantations, prisons, & areas where mainstream aid does not reach
Education programmes multiply the impact
Bear Earth runs menstrual health education workshops & Trainer programme with university students, building a network of ambassadors who deliver education. Your support does not just fund products, It also funds knowledge
Zinthiya said: “Throughout the world, women and girls continue to use traditional methods such as rags or alternative products such as toilet tissues during their periods because they can’t afford the cost of menstrual products. There are times women and girls must trade sex in return of period products which is unacceptable. Unfortunately for women and girls living in precarious situations such as in displacement camps the situation can become even worse. Realistically, we know that we won’t be able to change this overnight in every corner of the world, but what we can do is help to educate women on how to be hygienic and use these traditional methods safely and dispose them in an environmentally friendly way thereby supporting these communities."
Where your contribution goes
In the United Kingdom
Distributed through the Zinthiya Trust, food banks, and community shops in Leicester. Reaching women and girls affected by the cost-of-living crisis.
Across the world
Refugee camps, rural areas, plantations, prisons, urban slums across South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and communities in crisis.
Why Bear Earth is built differently
100% of profits go back into the mission. No shareholders, no dividends.
Transparent, direct impact. You know what is in the kit and where it goes.
Founded on lived experience. Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan experienced period poverty firsthand in Sri Lanka.
Ready to contribute?
For individuals
Sponsor a dignity kit or set up a monthly donation.
For businesses
From £35/month. CSR impact, tax benefits, marketing bundle.