Today’s Solutions: October 08, 2024

Ella Lambert poses with volunteer for period poverty Pachamama project

Meet Ella Lambert, the 21-year-old student fighting period poverty

Ella Lambert, a 21-year-old student in the UK, knows what it’s like to be limited because of her period. “I’ve always struggled with period pain, like absolutely atrocious period pain which would mean that I’d have to miss out on school and cancel plans last minute,” she says. Her Read More...

donated clothes spill onto a wooden table top from a red gift bag

This online fashion outlet lets refugee women pick out clothes for free

Before the UK’s first lockdowns in March 2020, Sol Escobar had been spending her weekends volunteering at the Calais refugee camp and helping out resettled refugee families where she lives in Cambridge. Once the lockdowns began, Escobar wanted to figure out how she could continue supporting Read More...

Two sets of hands cut flowers for a bouquet

Bread and Roses uses floristry to empower refugee women in London

Rebuilding a life in a foreign country as a refugee is not an easy task. This is especially true for women, who often face more barriers than men as they are less likely to have had formal work experience and are not able to consistently attend language classes because of child-rearing obligations Read More...