CSR initiative of Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC)

Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) is an Indian Public Sector undertaking under Govt. of India and Ministry of Railways having the administrative control.

Under its CSR initiative, IRFC has funded NIRMAN FOUNDATION to spread awareness on Menstrual hygiene and proper disposal of used sanitary napkins following the good practices of solid waste management.

For the project 200 schools in 7 aspirational districts of Bihar was selected under the guidance of Education Department, Govt. of Bihar.

Sanitary pad vending machine along with incinerator is being installed in all the 200 schools, this will make it easy for the girls to avail sanitary pads in school itself and they will be able dispose of the used sanitary pads in proper way. This also ensures immediate access to sanitary Pads at any time thus preventing absenteeism of girls from school and promoting continuous education maintaining their health and hygiene.

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