Our Work

We work where water, women, and climate meet — because these challenges are deeply connected.

When water is scarce, health suffers. When sanitation fails, dignity is compromised. When climate stress increases, livelihoods and education are affected. One issue doesn’t sit alone.

That’s why we work alongside communities to strengthen water security, sanitation, menstrual dignity, and climate resilience together — recognising that these pressures are interconnected and must be tackled together to create change that lasts.

How Change Happens

Global in reach. Community-led in action

The Cycle exists to bring people together around one simple belief: that water security, menstrual dignity, and climate resilience are inseparable — and that the people closest to the challenges must lead the change.

We connect supporters, partners, creatives, students, and organisations across the world — not just to raise funds, but to build understanding, share responsibility, and stand alongside communities for the long term.

Our sister organisation, Sanitation First, turns that shared commitment into action on the ground — working hand in hand with communities in India to strengthen water, sanitation, menstrual health, and climate resilience in ways that last.

We don’t run isolated projects. We build a cycle of change — where global support strengthens local leadership, and local progress inspires a growing movement of people who care.

An interconnected model for lasting change

Our work is shaped through three interconnected pillars that reinforce one another and strengthen the whole:

Everything we do is built with communities, not delivered to them. We work alongside women’s groups, village leaders, schools, and young people to identify priorities, shape plans, and strengthen local knowledge and ownership — so the work continues long after any one project ends.

We currently work in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, India — regions facing acute water stress, climate vulnerability, and gender inequality, but also rich in local leadership, resilience, and the potential for lasting change.

This is not charity. It is shared responsibility, global solidarity, and community-led change in motion.

Numbers & Location

We have taught over 30,000 people our menstrual education programme. Almost 300,000 people have access to the eco-toilets we've built. Historically, we have worked throughout Africa and India. We currently focus our work in multiple states across India.