During 2018, Jake’s Diapers made a lot of exciting shifts to continue supporting individuals impacted by poverty around the world. While we started our foundation focused on helping babies have enough diapers, it didn’t take long for us to realize that hygiene needs, in general, create additional barriers for people
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Why Hygiene Products are as Essential as Food and Water
At Jake’s Diapers, we aim to empower people to live clean, healthy and prosperous lives. While there are many mainstream issues of poverty to tackle, there other pieces of the puzzle we need to address as well. Many people think of basic needs as food, shelter, and water. The truth
Poverty, Period Supplies and Staying in School
This article originally ran in recognition of the United Nation’s International Youth Day. As our period products program has expanded, we updated this article in January 2020 with local information. Providing period supplies reduces stress, provides confidence and dignity for young women. We all probably have one: that embarrassing moment from