Happee to Help

Since the inception of our company, doing social good was one of the founding principles of Happee. Our co-founders Peeyush and Leticia share a common dream of uplifting Indian artisans and providing equal and better economic opportunities to the ones in need.

We have revamped our social aspect of our business to make a complete circle / closed loop in order to have long lasting and generation impact. We started a new partnership with Praveen Lata Sansthan, in Jaipur. The NGO focuses in empowering girls from the slums, poorer economic background by providing them education, health awareness and work opportunities.  

At these communities, women stay home with the kids, and are not encouraged to study or work. They become financially vulnerable, don't pursue dreams of their own and stay home taking care of the house and their kids.

For centuries, menstruation has been considered a social stigma in India. To this day in many areas, women on their period are not allowed in temples, in their kitchens, and are considered as untouchables during their menstruation period.

 Millions of Indian women and girls remain unaware about how to manage their monthly menstrual cycles in a safe and hygienic way, which can put their lives at risk.

In large swathes of rural India, as well as some urban areas, women  are considered impure and segregated when menstruating. They are forced to sleep in separate "menstruation huts," which are often cowsheds or barns.

Poverty and a general lack of awareness of health issues pushes them even closer to death as they are prone to infections while bleeding or lead to further diseases related to their reproductive health. 

A National Family Health Survey conducted from 2015-16 show that only 58 percent of women aged 15-24 use hygienic ways of dealing with their menstrual flows due to a lack of access to and awareness of sanitary napkins. Many resort to using unwashed clothes, leaves, hay, or even sand to absorb the blood, often resulting in infections.