SAC holds ‘Bleed Safe’ Program on Menstrual Cup Awareness

St Aloysius holds ‘Bleed Safe’ Menstrual Cup Awareness Programme

Mangaluru: The students of MA Journalism and Mass Communication (MAJMC), St Aloysius College (Autonomous), in association with non-government organization Sahas has organized a social event. ‘Bleed Safe’ – Do Not Let Periods Stop You, a menstrual cup awareness session was conducted by Divya Gokarna, founder of Comfycup.

The session was held on May 28 in Joseph Willie Hall, of the College. Divya Gokarna, Sudesh Keni, district coordinator of Sahas, Subhash Sagar, supervisor of Sahas, Fr William Marcel Rodrigues, HOD of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Dr Loveena Lobo, Director of Maffei block were the dignitaries

Bleed Safe, an awareness event on the menstrual cup was organized for the postgraduate students of SAC. The main aim of the event was to create awareness among all the students on the menstrual cup and promote the use of menstrual cup as part of waste reduction.

The session included the demonstration of the usage of a menstrual cup followed by a question-answer session. As many as eighty students attended the event. Following the session menstrual cups were given to selected students.