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Partner highlights and updates from Esonga Menstrual Care’s work with schools, communities and partners.
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News and announcements from Esonga Menstrual Care.
Our centre at Plot 9, Acacia Avenue, Magwa, Jinja South Division is open for products, orders, training, walk-in interviews and partnerships.
On 9 October 2026, 22 Jinja City residents founded ECI, a community-led organisation for education, skills, opportunities, nature, green innovation and action.
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Partner highlights
How we work with our partners to bring dignified menstrual care, education and products to more women and girls.
NIYEL Fellowship 2025: from advocacy to action
Omondi Eric joined the NIYEL Fellowship 2025 (Sanitation edition) and was profiled by Niyel TV in its In Service Of series.
Mandela Washington Fellowship 2025: leadership in business at UT Austin
Omondi Eric completed the 2025 Leadership in Business Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.
Kitchen gardens and reusable pads: working with ASHWA and young mothers
Together with ASHWA, Esonga has trained 1,250 young mothers in kitchen gardening and reusable pad making.
Producing reusable pads for schoolgirls at Bethany Centre Primary School, Jjungo
With support from Anne and Kiri Weimann, Esonga is producing reusable pads for schoolgirls in Jjungo, Wakiso District.
Esonga joins the Toilet Board Coalition 2026 Accelerator
Esonga Menstrual Care has joined the Toilet Board Coalition’s 2026 Accelerator cohort, strengthening our enterprise model for female health and hygiene.
Menstrual Hygiene Day 2026 with GIZ Uganda
On Menstrual Hygiene Day 2026, Esonga provided menstrual hygiene specialist services to GIZ Uganda staff, with a focus on male allyship and access to products.
Training Community Youth Champions with SRHR Alliance Uganda
Esonga facilitated a two-day MHM and reusable sanitary towel refresher training for 32 Community Youth Champions in Mayuge with SRHR Alliance Uganda.
Building menstrual health skills with Knowledge for Children in Masaka
Esonga delivered a two-day menstrual hygiene management training for Knowledge for Children staff at their offices in Masaka.
Developing menstrual health learning materials with Link to Progress
In 2026, Link to Progress engaged Esonga to develop information, education and communication (IEC) materials on menstrual hygiene management.
From accelerator to action: Esonga and cewas
Through the Female Health and Hygiene Accelerator with cewas, Esonga piloted the Esonga Mobile Hygiene Kiosk and later joined MajiCommunity sessions at the Majipreneurs Summit.
Reaching schoolgirls with Smart Girls Foundation Uganda
Esonga and Smart Girls Foundation Uganda signed an MOU to pilot a needs assessment and distribution of Ecojua Smart Bags for primary school beneficiaries.
Strengthening menstrual health enterprises with Latek Stay Alliance Uganda (GUMA)
Through Latek Stay Alliance Uganda’s GUMA projects, Esonga’s founder has trained social enterprises across Uganda in menstrual hygiene management and reusable pad making.
Training community trainers with Reproductive Health Uganda
Esonga Menstrual Care partnered with Reproductive Health Uganda on a menstrual health Training of Trainers under the Right Here, Right Now project.
Menstrual health training with World Vision in Busia, Tororo and Bidibidi
Esonga’s team has led menstrual health and SRHR training with World Vision in Busia and Tororo districts and in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement.
Supporting Compassion child development centres in Eastern Uganda
Esonga has supported Compassion-assisted child development centres in Eastern Uganda, including Buduma Sidodo CDC, with menstrual health and SRHR training.
In the media
Features and stories about Esonga Menstrual Care and our founder, Omondi Eric.
On screen
Esonga Menstrual Care partners with HAND TV Uganda to promote menstrual health
HAND TV Uganda feature on Esonga’s work to promote menstrual health.
Esonga supports Busia girls with sanitary pads and school bags
Family TV covers Esonga’s support to schoolgirls in Busia with sanitary pads and school bags.
Girls dropping out of school in Busia
BBS Terefayina report from Busia on the rise in girls leaving school, featuring Esonga’s work.
Morning Digital Digest, 14 February 2025
Urban TV’s Morning Digital Digest featuring Esonga Menstrual Care.
Eric Omondi: a decade advocating for women’s menstrual health in Uganda
Niyel TV profiles Esonga’s founder in its In Service Of series.
Corruption froze the budget. He refused to let his town drown in trash
Niyel TV on Eric’s community waste management advocacy in Busia during the NIYEL Fellowship.
Empowered to Empower: the entrepreneurs driving change in menstrual health
cewas features Esonga Menstrual Care alongside Empower HER Initiative (Kenya) and WABIBI PADS LIMITED (Uganda).
Menstrual health care in Uganda: interview with Eric of Esonga
Omondi Eric talks about menstrual health access in Uganda and how Esonga reaches girls and women.
SRHR in menstrual health management trainings in Uganda
SHE at Maastricht University on sexual and reproductive health and rights in MHM trainings in Uganda.
GUMA: building reusable pad businesses
Latek Stay Alliance Uganda video on its GUMA work with YES pad business.
Watch Esonga in action
Videos from Esonga’s channel, including our exhibition at the Majipreneurs Summit and our work engaging men on menstrual hygiene management.
In the press
Waste is not the enemy. Neglect is
Omondi Eric’s commentary on Busia Municipality’s waste problem and how local leaders can build a green economy around recycling and composting (September 2025).
The cry that became his calling: where Eric Omondi’s journey began
A profile of Esonga’s founder and the night in Busia that set his commitment to menstrual dignity (July 2025).
Katanga slum residents skilled in sanitary pad making
Eric Omondi trains girls and parents in Kampala’s Katanga slum to make reusable pads (December 2022).
Soroti residents skilled in making reusable sanitary pads and liquid soap
136 people in Kokumu village, Soroti complete a five-day training led by Eric Omondi (February 2024).
Understanding female health and hygiene entrepreneurship in Kenya, Uganda and Ghana
cewas research on female health and hygiene entrepreneurship in Kenya, Uganda and Ghana. The publication features a photo of Esonga’s founder, Omondi Eric, an alumnus of the Female Health and Hygiene Accelerator.
Esonga on BBS TV
Watch BBS TV Uganda’s clip featuring Esonga’s menstrual health work.
Partner with Esonga
Interested in working with us on menstrual health, school supply or community programmes? Get in touch.
Book a partnership meeting: Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (East Africa Time). Email eomondi.esonga@gmail.com or WhatsApp +256 777 703 209 with your organisation, preferred date and time, and what you would like to discuss.