V4DEV Wins the AccessAbility Innovation Challenge

VESSELS FOR DEVELOPMENT (V4dev) Wins The AccessAbility Innovation Challenge

On 21 August 2023, UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, announced the winners of the first of its kind AccessAbility innovation challenge, a competition to provide funding for social enterprises with innovative solutions that disrupt inequalities and empower young people with disabilities. Issued in collaboration with the Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI …

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Menstrual hygiene inclusion workshop for IDP and people with disability caregivers

V4dev carried a washable sanitary pads workshop for relatives and caregivers of iDP and people with disabilities in the city of Nkongsamba. The workshop that targeted mainly HEFORSHE, helped men to better understand sexual reproductive health and people with disabilities specific care methods. From access safe homemade sanitary pads to practical techniques on how to …

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Why Young Girls Need the Menstrub Menstrual Tracking Bracelet of Vessels for Development ?

In lower-middle-income settings, align with several critical aspects that have multifaceted impacts on the lives of users : Menstrual Health and Hygiene Predicting menstrual cycles helps to plan and ensure the availability of necessary menstrual hygiene products. In lower-middle-income countries, access to these products can be limited, and timely reminders assist in securing and managing …

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Menstrub – The Menstrual Tracking Bracelet By Vessels For Development (V4dev)

MENSTRUB is a menstrual health solution that integrates hardware and AI-powered software to predict and discreetly notify users about the upcoming menstrual cycles. The system aims to provide menstrual cycle predictions and timely reminders, to ensure that necessary accommodations and preparations are made. These include preparing financially, physically, emotionally, accessing menstrual products, and enhance the …

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Vessels For Development Implements The Phase 1 Of The Accessability Innovation Challenge

VESSELS FOR DEVELOPMENT (V4dev) Wins The AccessAbility Innovation Challenge

Three months after winning the UNFPA accessibility Innovation challenge V4DEV has made considerable progress. With the support of the United Nations Population Fund, the Global Disability Hub and the Global network of young persons with disabilities, the implementation of the Inclusive Reproductive Health Initiative (IRHI), through co-design workshops has consulted, two hundred and twenty-four (224) …

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Challenges Women and Youth with Disabilities in Cameroon – Vessels for Development (V4DEV) Highlights

VESSELS FOR DEVELOPMENT (V4dev) Wins The AccessAbility Innovation Challenge

Women and Youths with Disabilities (WYD) in Cameroon face several life challenges such as unsuitable tools (audio, video, images…), low availability of transcribed resources on Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) in braille for Women and Youth (W&Y) with visual impairments, little or no information for W&Y with intellectual deficiency and auditive impairments (autism, cerebral palsy…) about …

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Journée Mondiale De L’Hygiène Menstruelle

Afin de célébrer la Journée Mondiale De L’Hygiène Menstruelle, s’est tenue ce jour 28 mai un échange avec les organisations de la société civile avec l’accompagnement de UNFPA Cameroon. Il était aussi question de présenter le projet MenstruAction et autres initiatives de notre association Vessels For Development pour le plein épanouissement de la jeune fille. …

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