Donna Terpstra, Executive Director, It's Our Mission, Period! talks about the organization's work to reduce stigma related to menstruation and to provide sanitary supplies to women and girls.

1. She’s
Worth
It!
Embracing the
wonder of womanhood
without stigma and shame
BREAKING THE SILENCE TO SET
WOMEN FREE WITH THE TRUTH.
Created female on purpose
and for a purpose!

3. We have a challenge -
Let’s fix it!!!

4. DISPOSABLE CONVENIENCE LEADS TO
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES
500 X 20 = 10,000 120,000 240,000
300 X 20 = 6,000 72,000 144,000
100 X 20 = 2,000 24,000 48,000
# of Girls
in school
20* pads
(4 pads X 5 days
monthly)
Monthly
total
1 year
total
2 year
total

5. A woman’s
life is filled
with choices.
It’s Our Mission Period
DISPOSABLE
CONVENIENCE
LEADS TO
ECONOMIC
CONSEQUENCES
Creating
economy
with the only
commodity
she has
A woman’s life is
filled with choices.

6. THERE IS
NO TOOL FOR
DEVELOPMENT
MORE EFFECTIVE
THAN THE
EMPOWERMENT
OF WOMEN
THE HAND THAT
ROCKS THE CRADLE,
REALLY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
ENLIGHTEN
NEW THOUGHT
BRINGS NEW BEHAVIOR
EMPOWER RECEIVING TRUTH
IS POWERFUL
EQUIP EQUIPPING
THROUGH TRAINING

7. It’s Our Mission Period
It’s about bringing a message . . .

8. BEAUTIFUL WOMAN SEMINAR: Speaking the truth regarding menstruation, helping women
understand that it is a normal part of life;
Sharing Biblical truth regarding a woman’s purpose and potential in this world;
Dispelling the darkness, lies and taboo, helping women embrace their gender
and accept their bodies as created by God.
It’s Our Mission Period

9. Training of Trainers

10. Training of Trainers
Nicaragua

11. It’s Our Mission Period
Training of Trainers
Each woman has sewn
her own supplies.

13. It’s Our Mission Period
Equipped & Empowered
Beautiful Women

14. TRAINING OF TRAINERS
Equipped and
empowered to
become a change
agent to all
around her!
Restoring hope
and dignity,
one woman
at a time!
What once held her captive, has now set her free!
On to a future and a hope

15. NEVER
UNDER ESTIMATE
THE POWER
OF A WOMAN
WITH A PRAYER
AND A PLAN
RESTORING
THE
WONDER
OF
WOMANHOOD
WITHOUT
STIGMA
AND
SHAME

16. Each year, when we review the evaluations from the conference, we are
encouraged to know that people always want to know how the
projects/programs/information shared at the conference are driven by faith. How
are they unique and different than presentations at other conferences? From
work of other organizations?
Stigmatization from menstruation causes women and girls to miss school and
employment opportunities, while lack of sanitary supplies leads to dangerous coping
methods. It’s Our Mission: Period! presents an evangelistic model of how God loves
women and chose their anatomy and how their bodies work, and provides sensible
solutions for women in disadvantaged areas.