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Tom collects donations so he can distribute tampons for free

Often it is the everyday things that hardly matter to us. For example tampons : They fly around in every handbag without being noticed.

Totally everyday, but still very important for homeless women: a tampon
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The situation is different for women who live on the street. For them tampons are luxury. Therefore, Tom collects donations from Berlin to distribute tampons free of charge to homeless women.

In Germany there were around 280, 000 people without housing in 2012. The prognosis was already rising at that time. In 2015, 63, 000 of them are women. If life as a homeless man can already be inhumane, women on the street are usually even worse off. They are at risk of becoming victims of sexual violence and are faced with very specific problems. For example, when they have their days.

Having a toilet nearby and wearing tampons can be difficult for homeless women. In addition, tampons are expensive. Almost luxury, if you have no income and no apartment. That's why young Tom from Berlin came up with the idea of ​​collecting donations for homeless women. With this he is financing tampons, which he distributes for free.

On the site betterplace.org you can support Tom in his project. So far, Tom and his girlfriend Maxi have only collected 20 percent of what they need. Almost 800 euros are missing.

We find that Tom and Maxi have a great goal and hope that many people will choose to support homeless women. Because even if a tampon is just a small thing, he can return a little quality of life.

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