The CAAPP Project: August 2023 to May 2025


The French Embassy in Sri Lanka, in partnership with FPA Sri Lanka, has launched the Collective Action Against Period Poverty (CAAPP) Project to promote the inclusion and empowerment of menstruators in Sri Lanka. The CAAPP Project is conducted as a part of the Solidarity Fund for Innovative Projects (FSPI). The FSPI enables French embassies to carry out innovative, high-impact and high-visibility actions for the benefit of the local community. The project aims to make a significant impact for all menstruating individuals by: improving menstrual health and hygiene; ending menstrual stigma and discrimination; realizing human rights to water and sanitation; addressing the lack of adequate WASH facilities in schools; and changing societal perceptions of menstruation and womanhood.

The project aims to support innovative and sustainable projects led by registered NGOs in Sri Lanka. Focus areas will include:

• Improvement of access to sustainable and affordable menstrual hygiene products
• Support efforts to change harmful cultural norms and practices that stigmatize menstruation and menstruating women and girls
• Facilitation of menstrual hygiene education
• Address intersectional forms of discrimination, including against women and girls with disabilities, LBTI (Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) and other gender non-conforming individuals, and other at risk populations and improvement of access to water and sanitation facilities.