COVA COALITION
The coalition journey
Partners are spread across four phases, some taking root, others rising, all advancing towards full self-sufficiency. Each partner moves through a shared journey, as dependency on The Cova Project decreases and local ownership grows: Roots, Rise, Coalition and Self-Sufficient.
Each partner moves through a shared journey as The Cova’ Project’s resourcing decrease and local ownership grows: Roots, Rise, Coalition and Self-Sufficient.
New partnerships finding their footing through first distributions, training and close support.
Proven partners leading their own programmes with growing independence.
Established partnerships delivering at scale and helping shape how Cova works.
Programmes operating independently without ongoing Cova resourcing.
Coalition partners
Regional leaders who own delivery, co-create the work and help bring the next generation of organisations through the journey.
Irise Institute East Africa
Where they are: Coalition leader · Six years of partnership
Irise Institute East Africa is an indigenous Ugandan organisation founded in 2016 and one of the most recognised names in menstrual health and menstrual justice on the continent. Headquartered in Kampala, they work at four levels of the same system: reaching girls directly with cups, products and whole school education across districts including Jinja, Iganga and Isingiro, hosting The Period Equality Network across East Africa, training advocates through the Menstrual Justice Academy, and shaping policy as coordinator of Uganda’s Parliamentary Forum on Menstrual Justice.
Regional Director Lillian Bagala leads an exceptional team, with direct implementers of The Cova Project, Sarah, Joyce, Cissy and Georgina.
We Empower Her
Where they are: Coalition leader · Four years of partnership
We Empower Her is an exceptional refugee led organisation founded in 2019, working in and around Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Isingiro District. Their team delivers menstrual health education, distributes reusable cups with proper follow up, and runs a Period Positive Schools programme that trains teachers as well as reaching pupils.
Founder Gabriella Amini built the organisation around a simple idea, that every girl should be able to manage her period with dignity. Our wonderful team consists of Gabriella, Anick, Georgine, Cesarine, Irene, Diana and Marie.
Educate West Point
Where they are: Coalition leader · Eight years of partnership
Educate West Point works in West Point, one of the most densely populated slum communities in Monrovia, Liberia. Founded by Musa Sheriff, who grew up there, the organisation exists to get children back into classrooms and keep them there, through early childhood education, a back to school programme, a community library and regular neighbourhood clean ups.
Musa and Geena started working together in 2019, and Educate West Point remains Cova’s first and longest partnership. The Cova team of trainers and field agents, Karolyn, Amie, Euodia, Genevieve, Seatta and Christiane run the menstrual health education and cup distribution across Liberia, changing girls’ lives.
Rise partners
Established programmes where the partner leads delivery and The Cova Project provides focused resourcing.
Yebetumi
Where they are: Partner-led delivery · Two years of partnership
Yebetumi is a feminist organisation working to advance the rights of women and girls of all diversities across Ghana. The name is Akan for “we can”.
It grew out of work founder Abena Benewaa Fosu began in Kumasi and now reaches communities from the Ashanti region through to Central and Greater Accra, covering sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender based violence, education, leadership and economic justice. Abena also works with Cova as a menstrual health consultant and has helped train partner teams beyond Ghana.
Roots partners
New and piloting programmes building the foundations for long-term, locally led delivery.
School For Life
Where they are: Pilot completed · Foundations in place
The first 80 cups shared with School For Life were delivered strategically to teachers as a pilot in 2021. In 2025, School For Life, The Cova Project and Irise Institute East Africa worked together to distribute 550 cups to students and their mothers. They completed a 5 day intensive training of trainers workshop, funded by The Obama Foundation’s Girls Opportunity Alliance.
Taboo Foundation
Where they are: Piloted · Adelaide programme launched November 2024
TABOO is an Australian social enterprise founded in Adelaide which makes organic cotton pads and tampons and puts all net profits back into menstrual health work.
TABOO is Cova’s flagship Australian partnership. Their menstrual health educator, Eva, and our team run sessions side by side, with free pads and tampons from TABOO and free cups from Cova, so every woman in the room chooses what actually works for her body.
Self-Sufficient
Partnerships that have reached full independence and now continue without ongoing resourcing from The Cova Project.
Malawi
CARVE Africa
Where they are: Self-Sufficient · Operating independently
CARVE Africa supports informed decision-making around sexual and reproductive health and rights, and menstrual health and hygiene, through a gender and age-inclusive, community-powered approach.
The Cova Project began working with the team in Malawi in 2019. Today, the programme has reached self-sufficiency and continues through strong local leadership and ownership.
Where we work
We choose to work in communities where period poverty has the most severe impact on girls' futures. These are places where menstruation isn't just an inconvenience, it's a barrier to education, economic participation, and dignity.
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