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#BleedGood at five

What five years of #BleedGood has achieved, what participants tell us, and what we have learned along the way.

Impact Report 2025–2026

#BleedGood at Five: From Crisis Response to Culture Change

Our latest impact report covers five years of #BleedGood — the reach, the results and the lessons.

2021–2026

Five Years
in Brief

#BleedGood grew from a COVID-19 crisis response into a programme covering six areas of work.

2021
Crisis response
2026
Six areas of work

Community education

Champion-led outreach

Reusable pad access

Workplace engagement

Humanitarian response

Policy advocacy

In their words

Participant Stories

“

Even as a health professional, I had gaps in my own knowledge about menstrual health that I didn’t realise were there… If a programme like this can reach someone like me, working in medicine, imagine what it can do for women who have had no access to this information at all.

Ms. Siriwardana, Health Professional

Padeniya

“

I used to feel shame about menstruation, I avoided religious activities and even medical care because of the beliefs I had grown up with. After the BleedGood workshop, I finally understood what was really happening in my body. Now I seek medical help when I need it, and I talk openly with my 12-year-old daughter so she grows up knowing better.

Mrs. Annakili

Buddhanapitiya

“

For many of us, this is the first time we are openly engaging in conversations and sharing knowledge about MHHM. As a new topic, it is already contributing to positive changes in mindset and equipping girls with important knowledge for the future.

Principal, St Theresa Vidyalayam

Muthur

Looking back

What We
Have Learned

Five lessons from five years of #BleedGood.

01

Menstrual health works best when it is built into schools, workplaces, health systems and policy

Not run as a stand-alone intervention.

02

Access and education belong together

Outcomes were strongest when products came with education and follow-up.

03

Communities sustain change

Local champions keep awareness going after projects end.

04

Listening improves solutions

User feedback has improved the product and programme design.

05

Safe dialogue enables change

Culturally sensitive spaces reduce stigma and widen participation.

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