Sri Lanka, Jan. 21 -- Fabric manufacturer Teejay Lanka PLC and Hemas Holdings have joined forces to launch a groundbreaking initiative to promote menstrual hygiene awareness and provide essential resources to underserved communities in rural Sri Lanka.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the two corporate giants outlines a collaboration that will see Hemas Holdings supplying sanitary napkins to female students above 12 years in a minimum of six schools identified by Teejay for one year. The programme will be facilitated by the FEMS H.E.R. Foundation with Teejay.

An abbreviation of its principal pillars of Help, Empower and Rise, the H.E.R. Foundation was set up by FEMS to create an even bigger impact and attract more like-mind...