Our Organization

Project No Bounds started with a question that felt deceptively simple: “What do you need to feel human right now?”

‍In the summer of 2020, we kept seeing headlines – not about PPE or vaccines, but about girls missing school because they didn’t have pads, or newly arrived refugee families rationing shampoo and soap. Hygiene was in crisis, but rarely framed as one. It was treated like an afterthought, even though it shaped people’s dignity, confidence, and daily life.

What began as a grassroots care-kit drive quickly became something bigger. Run by young people and shaped by the communities we came from, Project No Bounds grew into a movement: one rooted in equity, driven by solidarity, and powered by the belief that care should never be conditional.

Hygiene is a health issue, but it’s also a human rights issue.

In the U.S. alone, millions face barriers to accessing basic hygiene essentials due to income, housing status, gender, and immigration status. These barriers are especially stark for youth, BIPOC, and displaced communities. Yet hygiene rarely makes it into policy conversations. It’s left out of health equity frameworks. And it’s often treated as charity, not infrastructure.

We exist to change that.

At Project No Bounds, we approach hygiene equity as both an urgent need and a long-term commitment. Past delivering care, we aim to design systems that sustain it. Our work begins with redistribution: getting surplus hygiene supplies to where they’re most needed, through schools, shelters, refugee organizations, and grassroots partners. But it doesn't stop at supply. We educate communities about hygiene access and stigma, amplify local youth voices, and advocate for systemic change at every level, from neighborhood meetings to global forums.

Our three key pillars:
‣ Direct Relief. Providing essential hygiene supplies like soap, menstrual products, deodorant, and dental care through kit drives and long-term partnerships with organizations on the ground.
‣ Youth-Led Community Engagement. Our network of youth leaders mobilizes care projects locally, adapting efforts to cultural needs, language, and live‣d experience.
‣ Policy + Platform Advocacy. Bringing grassroots insight to policy conversations, elevating the voices of young people who’ve lived through the very issues we’re trying to solve.

PNB is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit registered in Georgia, EIN 85-1294080.

We believe that hygiene equity is a launching point. When people have access to basic dignity, they show up more fully in classrooms, jobs, families, and society. And when youth from underserved communities are the ones leading that change, the entire system shifts.

Our theory of change is simple:
‍ ‣ Start with what’s urgent. Distribute the essentials, both quickly and intentionally, with empathy and cultural awareness.
‣ Invest in people. Support youth and community leaders with the resources, autonomy, and platforms to lead their own change.
‣ Push for the bigger picture. Elevate local stories into national and global conversations to ensure hygiene equity is recognized as essential infrastructure.

From mutual aid to multilateral conversations, we work across levels to build a future where care is embedded into our systems. Because true equity doesn’t stop at clean hands.

Srihitha Dasari

Co-Founder, Executive Director

MIT undergrad; youth mental health advocate; social entrepreneur.

Samhitha Dasari

Co-Founder, Director of Operations

Emory MPH candidate; global public health researcher.