NGO – Shemsi

Shemsi fights against period poverty and inequalities.

Join us in ending period poverty around the world. Shemsi is a leading period underwear and period kit provider to NGOs and Governmental Entities.

Why Period Underwear to fight period poverty?

Period Underwears are washable and fully reusable, they provide a long term value to the receiver and reduce future dependence on subsequent aids.

Shemsi users LOVE Shemsi

Shemsi period underwear is more comfortable than traditional pads or tampons for users:

They provide protection for up to 12 hours and they don't need to be changed throughout the work day.
They last up to 5 years - users in remote areas don't need to worry about refilling their supplies of pads or tampons
They provide superior comforts and feel just like a normal underwear.

Solve incontinence

Period underwear is frequently used by people with incontinence, making it a perfect addition to a general personal hygiene kit.

Economically better

We strongly believe that the long term impact-to-cost ratio of providing a period underwear is superior to period kits that have pads and tampons which usually run out fast and create waste.

Better for the planet

In a lifetime, a single person who menstruate will use between 5,000 and 15,000 pads and tampons
The annual carbon footprint of using pads and tampons equates to 5.3Kg of CO2 per person
Worldwide, tampons and pads, including their packaging, generate more than 200,000 metric tons of waste.
In the US alone, 12 billion pads and 7 billion tampons are thrown out each

Shemsi for your NGO personal hygiene requirement

Shemsi Period Underwear is the perfect addition to your period kits and dignity packs for communities impacted by period poverty.

Fast Fulfilment

Shemsi is the only period underwear brand that's manufactured in the Middle East and Africa. Made out of Egypt, we have proximity and easy logistics access with the entire continent and can fulfil NGOs needs faster than any other companies that manufacture in Asia.

Shemsi can deliver 25,000 units orders in less than 20 days in the MEA region.

Shemsi is Carbon Negative

Shemsi is a social enterprise that attach a strong importance to improving the lives of everyone around us. Given the recent impact of climate change that we're all experiencing, it is only natural that when we created Shemsi, we decided to put Climate Positivity as a core pillar of our organisation. Today, Shemsi has gone beyond net-zero carbon emissions and is actively reducing CO2 emissions.

The Shemsi Period Kit

Shemsi has an extended experience in providing period kit designed for teenagers and people impacted by period poverty in remote areas.

Everything you need in a Period Kit

Shemsi's Period Kits are designed to offer maximized value for its user over the long term in a bid to reduce period poverty as much as possible. It includes:

3 washable, reusable period underwear (5 years life-span)
1 transport bag
1 localized educational leaflet
1 wash bag

We can customize the packaging and transport bag to include your logo or

Period Poverty ends through Education

Shemsi's Period Kits include an educational leaflet designed for teenagers who discover their period for their first time, in a bid to remove misleading information often present in areas impacted by period poverty. The Shemsi comic strips have been designed with leading adolescent psychologists. It is localized (both the text and images) for Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya. We can localize it for any other countries where you may have operations.

2023 Earthquake Taskforce

Following the February 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake, Shemsi's NGO team, along with our partners, have setup a dedicated taskforce to provide large quantities of period underwear, period kits and localized literature to the impacted population.

If you provide assistance to the population impacted by the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake, we can ship out up to 25,000 units within 48 hours.

Shemsi's logistics partners have waved all costs associated with Shipping to the region and for each period underwear shipped to the region, the Shemsi team makes a donation to initiatives that will help rebuild education facilities in impacted areas.