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ARCHIVE · THE FOUNDING YEAR2018

The year Fountain of Hope began — in photographs.

These are among the earliest photographs of Fountain of Hope — what the work looked like at the very beginning. One caption is drawn from the original post; the rest wait on your confirmation of the subject and place.

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The original post@Fountain_FOH · X

“At Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (M.E.D.S.) receiving donations of sanitary towels as part of my 3 year program of Menstrual Hygiene Health, that targets one million boys and girls.”

5 Jun 2018 · @Fountain_FOH on X
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In 2018, before the alliances and the award, the work was already underway: a three-year menstrual hygiene program that set out to reach a million boys and girls, partnerships gathered one meeting at a time, and the first photographs of a county movement taking shape. This page collects them — why it matters later. What the photographs show, beyond their dates, awaits the team’s confirmation.

The story, in frames

Where the work was at the beginning.

A founding year kept in photographs: donation drives, courtesy calls, and the quiet, everyday work of a county organization finding its feet.

Frame 01 / 03Receiving sanitary towel donations at M.E.D.S.

At Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies, receiving donations of sanitary towels for a three-year menstrual hygiene program.

M.E.D.S. · Jun 2018
Frame 02 / 03A photograph from 30 April 2018

The second photograph from 30 April 2018 — caption pending team confirmation against the original post.

Apr 2018 · verify
Frame 03 / 03A photograph from September 2018

From the founding-year archive — subject and place to be confirmed against the original posts.

Sep 2018 · verify
— The story —

The seeds of everything after.

The sanitary towels received at M.E.D.S. in June 2018 fed a three-year menstrual hygiene program that set its sights on one million boys and girls — the same fight Fountain of Hope carries today.

The rest of the year’s pictures — the courtesy calls, the visits, the chairs pulled up around a shared purpose were the relationships the later work would be built on.

Note for the team: only the 5 June 2018 caption is drawn from a verified post. The other photographs record real dates (decoded from the media files) but their subjects are unconfirmed — please verify each one against the archive before publishing.
The year in photographs

The founding year, frame by frame.

Eight photographs from 2018. Captions marked “verify” await the team’s confirmation against the original posts. Click each one to view it full screen.

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