My name is Melanie and I have been a full-time volunteer in
Auroville since July 2014. I contribute my time to a unit called Eco Femme
where I mostly work on sales, marketing and business strategy.
Eco Femme is a social enterprise with a global mission and
reach, working in the area of menstrual hygiene management. In addition to
promoting eco-positive menstrual practices, the project supports education for
girls and livelihood for women. Eco Femme has designed a premium range of
washable cloth pads that are available internationally and in urban India.
Profits from sales help sustain the educational outreach work in rural
communities, provide cloth pads at cost price to economically-disadvantaged
women, and give the opportunity to school girls to get cloth pads for free.
Though Eco Femme is where I ended up as a volunteer, it is
not how I got to discover Auroville... After writing my master's thesis in
France, I figured I would like to have an NGO work experience. Th...
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