The MoonCatcher Project seeks to optimize girls' lives worldwide by removing barriers related to menstruation.

Since 2011 The MoonCatcher Project has been making reusable, washable menstrual management kits - "MoonCatcher Kits" - for distribution to girls around the world. Our activities and efforts range from sewing bees - "MoonBees" - in the US to on-the-ground education and MoonCatcher production and/or distribution in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, Liberia, India, Pakistan, Honduras, and Haiti. Here is a brief snapshot of the work we do: **MoonBees: Hosted in cities across the country, our sewing bees bring together diverse groups of volunteers who make MoonCatcher Kits for distribution to girls around the globe. To contribute to our local community, volunteers bring disposable menstrual hygiene products to all of our events for donation to local food pantries and shelters. **Menstrual Management and Reproductive Health Classes: With our partners in Africa and India, we offer classes on menstruation management and reproductive health to school girls entering puberty whenever they receive our kits. **On-the-Ground Sewing Cooperatives: The MoonCatcher Project has established and supports five women's sewing cooperatives in Uganda, one in Malawi and one in Kenya. In India we have recently opened a sewing room where six women are employed and produce up to 200 kits per week.

Our organization is growing. The MoonCatcher Project started out in 2010 as a small group of women making kits in our founder's dining room. By partnering with other not-for-profit and faith organizations, and connecting with individuals in our community and around the country we have raised the funds needed to host over 30 MoonBees annually, with a total of over 700 volunteers, and to support 7 sewing cooperatives in Africa and one sewing center in India. In 2018 we have produced and distributed over 8,000 MoonCatcher Kits to girls around the world. We continue to seek partnerships with other like minded organizations, and we work closely with many faith organizations to accomplish our mission.

The MoonCatcher Project evaluates our programs based primarily on three sources of data: reports from our partner organization; findings of our annual delegation visit to all of our sites; and documentation from school directors. We frequently survey school directors to gain their input and to learn how distribution of our kits impacts school attendance. Delegation visits by the MoonCatcher Board President, Board Members and affiliates occur at least annually. During these visits, the team meets with the women of each cooperative/sewing center to learn about their training needs and their progress. The delegation also visits numerous schools and holds focus groups with girls who have received kits previously to learn how they are helping and how they can be improved.

In 2018: Progress in Africa: **Our 5 cooperatives in Uganda produced over 5000 kits (complete with soap made the Wakiso Women’s Soap-Making Cooperative) that were delivered to girls in 46 schools. All of these girls received our reproductive health curriculum **Our cooperative in Kenya became operational and produced 850 Kits this year, that were delivered to girls in 11 schools with the curriculum **Our cooperative in Malawi became operational and produced and delivered 600 kits delivered to girls in 4 schools along with our curriculum Progress in India : **Our first delegation is in Delhi this October to start a sewing center. They brought 300 kits to distribute to our first school in India – along with our curriculum (translated into Hindi) and classroom visuals in Hindi **Six women are now employed full time in our Delhi-based center **The MoonCatcher Center is producing 200 Kits per week Progress at Home: **Over the last year we have held 30 MoonBees with over 754 volunteers coming to make kits **Our volunteers produced over 1500 kits **Kits and educational materials sent with church groups, Rotary members, and individuals to: Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, Pakistan and India