Our Founder
Elisabeth Anumele
The Founder
AdaFlow Foundation was born from a simple but deeply personal realization: too many girls are navigating one of the most natural parts of womanhood without the care, support, or resources they deserve.
As a woman, educator, and advocate, Elisabeth Anumele has spent years working closely with girls and families— seeing firsthand how lack of access to menstrual products and education can impact confidence, attendance, and self-worth. What began as concern quickly became conviction: periods should never be a barrier to a girl’s education, health, or dignity.
Elisabeth created AdaFlow to meet this need with compassion and intention. More than providing supplies, AdaFlow offers reassurance, education, and a reminder that every girl is worthy of care. Each period box is thoughtfully assembled to deliver not only essential items, but also encouragement and dignity—because how we care for girls during vulnerable moments matters.
AdaFlow is rooted in the belief that when women show up for one another, lives change. From schools and shelters to communities at home and abroad, the foundation exists to replace silence and stigma with support and sisterhood.
What started as a heartfelt idea has grown into a mission-driven movement—one that stands for access, empathy, and empowerment. Through AdaFlow, Elisabeth is committed to ensuring that no girl feels unseen, unprepared, or ashamed because of her period.
Amika George - Breaking the Silence
In this highly pointed yet entertaining talk, Amika George challenges us to think about how vocal we are about the normality of our period and requests a call to arms to rid period poverty from our schools and our history.
Amika is a 17 year old A-Level student from London, who has started a campaign called #FreePeriods, to lobby the government to provide free sanitary products to all girls on free school meals in the UK. She was driven to take action after hearing about girls as young as 10 having to routinely miss school, for a week every month, simply because they can't afford sanitary products. This shouldn't be happening. Since then, she has been featured in publications including the Guardian, has written for the Huffington Post. She is working with 2 Peers in the House of Lords to work out how to implement this as government policy, and has attracted the support of MPs and celebrities. She has also convinced the Green Party and Womens' Equality Party to include this as part of their 2017 General Election Manifestos. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community