Teen leads movement bringing menstrual hygiene supplies to thousands of houseless women.
Editor’s Note We recently had the opportunity to meet 17-year old Nadya Okamoto, who founded the Camions of Care, a 501c3 nonprofit in Portland, Oregon. In the past year Camions of Care team members have distributed more than 6,000 care packages of feminine hygiene products through 25 nonprofit partners. Here is the story in Nadya’s…
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