Celebrating Menstrual Health Month! 💪🏽🩸
Sharing recent successes from the Asan team Happy Menstrual Health Month! At Asan, we celebrate periods every day -- but in the month of May, activists, brands and NGOs from across the world join forces to spread awareness and smash taboos around periods. In honour of menstrual health month, we're writing to you with some of our recent successes at Asan. Thank you for helping us bring safe and sustainable periods to those who need it! Much love, Team Asan Asan expands our menstrual health programme toa total of 60 villages in Kanakpura, Karnataka We're thrilled to share that our Asan cup distribution will cover a total of 60 villages in Kanakapura by the end of this year! Delivered in partnership with the Belaku Trust, this is the world's largest menstrual cup adoption programme, enabling nearly 15,000 women and girls to participate in essential daily activities like going to school and work on theirperiod. This programme saves households over₹50,000 and has averted over 200 tonnes of landfill waste from plastic sanitary pads. Asan joins activists in the UK to demand an end to period poverty We spent 28th May, Menstrual Health Day at the Period Parade in London along with inspiringactivists and organisations who are smashing period taboos. The parade marched to Downing Street (home of the Prime Minister) to deliver stories of period struggles from young girls across the UK. Check out some of the brilliant signs made bySex Ed Matters,Irise Internationaland others! Our viral video asks women to 'describe yourperiod in one word' To encourage openconversation around periods, we asked the Asan community from across the world todescribe their period in a single word (or phrase). Watch the video to hear what women have to say! Asan collaborates with Forage Botanicals to talk about period pain Throughout May we collaborated with Forage Botanicals, a herbal brand that's creating natural remedies for period pain and menopause. It was wonderful to explore the benefits of natural ingredients on your period through anInstagram Livewith both founders.Read this blog on embracing natural ingredients for your period to learn more. Some interesting reads... Are menstrual cups leading to the death of tampons? The data says yes! Asan was mentioned in an article in The Sunday Timesabout how tampon sales have significantlydeclined over the last decade. Given that tampons and pads are the fifth most common products in oceans, it’s great to consumers, especially younger generations, making a shift towards sustainable products globally.We were thrilled to see Asan’s 1-for-1 donation model highlighted inthe article. Have you had your HPV vaccination yet? HPV is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that can affect all of us.This blog tells you everything you need to know about HPV - what can cause it, the symptoms andtreatment, and most importantly how to prevent getting HPV.Read this blog to learn more. Customer feedback We really value the feedback of our customers and would love to hear about your experience with the Asan cup. Once you fill this form, we’ll enter your name into a lucky draw to get a free Asan One-Drop cleanser! Want to know what we're up to? Get in touch with us on Instagram! © Asan Wellness, UK Ltd. All rights reserved. Visit our website at: asancup.com Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or from this list.
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Pro Tips To Use Your Menstrual Cup 😍
Learn how to choose your size, fold your cup, avoid leaks and so much more! All the resources you need for a worry-free period, collated in one place. Thank you for choosing Asan! Below are some resources designed to help you perfect the art of using a menstrual cup.It may take a few cycles to become a pro -but we are here to help you every step of the way.If youhavetrouble with yourcup, email us athello.uk@asancup.com and we'll get back to you straight away. How do you fold and insert theAsan cup? The ultimate guide to perfectly inserting your Asan cup. Insertion tutorial Is your cup leaking? Learn how to prevent this! Your guide to zero leaks Need help with removal? Your step-by-step guide for safe and easy removal. Removal tutorial Need an easy way to clean your cup? Our newcleanser kills 99% bacteria with just one drop! Buy the cleanser! Ever considered gifting an Asan cup? It's truly a gift that can change someone's life! Use code GIFTACUP for 20% off on asancup.com This email was sent to why did I get this? from this listupdate subscription preferences Asan · 22a Brunton Road · Ashok Nagar · Bangalore, Karnataka 560025 · India
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Happy Holidays From Asan
Your end-of-year update about what we're up to. Dear supporters, What a whirlwind2022 has been! From being awarded our US patent to converting 36 villages to using the Asan cup, this year has been an incredible rollercoaster for the Asan team. The highlight, post-pandemic, has been all the wonderfulface-to-face interactions we've had. We've loved meeting customers at events and pitching to investors at demo days. The most rewarding bit hasbeen conducting our rural education programs in person, and seeing firsthand the impact that the Asan cup is having on women and girls' lives. We wish you all a restful holiday break, and greatly look forward to connecting with you in 2023. Warmly, Ira Guha Founder, Asan The Asan cup is awarded a US design patent We're thrilled to share that Asan has been awarded a US patent for the design of the Asan menstrual cup. This means we now have protection for our design across the US, UK, Europe and India. Patenting our design was important to us to maintain the authenticity and uniqueness of our brand - so that you can trust that every cup is manufactured by Asan to the highest quality standards. Asan distributes 1000 cups to school girls in Lucknow Asan partnered with the wonderful NGO Pad and Prejudice to provide access to safe period care amongst adolescent girls in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. This October, our Head of Impact, Mamta, visited Lucknow and spent time understanding how the Asan cup has impacted the lives of young girls, enabling them to go to school and work during their periods. Like in the words of Zubaida, "The Asan cup is so comfortable, it's magical!It makes going to work so easy and I recommend it to all my friends." Asan has been selected by Virgin as one of 12 social impact startups to watch Following a competitive pitch process, Asan was selected by Richard Branson's organisation Virgin Startup to be part of the 2022 Collective Impact Cohort. Asan's founder, Ira Guha, represented Asan in a six-week intensive course which is designed to give social enterprises the tools to raise funds. This has been a very rewarding opportunity and will help scale our work to eradicate period poverty. The Asan team hosts pop-ups across London and Bangalore The Asan team has had a busy few months hosting various pop-ups in both London and Bangalore. We absolutely love hosting pop-ups as it gives us a chance to meet and interact withour customers and other sustainable brands. Some interesting reads... Have you ever wondered how periods can affect your mental health? Asan conducted a study about the relationship between pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS), periods and mental health. Withresponses from over 250 participants across India and the UK,90% of women claim that PMS interferes with their daily life. Read this blog to learn more. Onequestionwe constantly ask ourselves at Asan is, what is the best way to respond to period poverty? Our work across rural India continues to teach us a lot about how we should address this crisis that millions of women and girls face globally.Read this blog to learn more. Customer feedback We really value the feedback of our customers and would love to hear about your experience with the Asan cup. Once you fill this form, we’ll enter your name into a lucky draw to get a free Asan One-Drop cleanser! Want to know what we're up to? Get in touch with us on Instagram! © Asan Wellness, UK Ltd. All rights reserved. Visit our website at: asancup.com Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or from this list.
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