Love Yourself: A Body Confidence & Self-Care Experience for Young Girls

Growing up shouldn’t include shame, confusion, or silence about our bodies.

Yet for many young girls, conversations about periods, body changes, and self-care still happen in whispers—if they happen at all. That silence can lead to fear, misinformation, and shame during some of the most formative years of life.

Love Yourself is an empowering experience created by the PATESI Foundation to change that.

This event provides a safe, age-appropriate, and affirming space where girls learn that their bodies are not something to hide—but something to understand, respect, and care for with confidence. Through education, creativity, and open conversation, participants are reminded that their questions matter and their bodies deserve dignity.

All programming is delivered in a trauma-informed, youth-friendly environment, aligned with PATESI Foundation’s mission to promote education, access, and empowerment while working to alleviate period poverty.

What Girls Will Experience

🩸 Menstrual Health Education
Participants learn about menstrual health in a stigma-free way, explore different period products, and understand how to choose what works best for their bodies—without embarrassment or pressure.

💖 Confidence-Building Reflection
Through guided affirmations and supportive conversation, girls are reminded:

• Their bodies are worthy of care

• Questions are welcome

• Every body is different—and that’s okay

🎁 Take-Home Love Yourself Kit
Each girl leaves with a curated kit filled with resources and items that reinforce learning, confidence, and dignity beyond the event.

Why This Matters

At the PATESI Foundation, we believe access to education is access to dignity.

By creating space for honest, empowering conversations early on, Love Yourself helps:

• Normalize menstruation

• Reduce stigma before it takes root

• Equip girls with knowledge they can carry into adolescence and beyond

This program directly supports our mission to alleviate period poverty and empower communities through education and access.