Affordable Sanitary Pads for 1500 Ugandan Girls

Affordable Sanitary Pads for 1500 Ugandan Girls

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Summary

To develop sustainable production of locally produced eco-friendly sanitary pads, provide health education, latrines, washing facilities, and education to girls in Kabarole District, Uganda. read updates from the field

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$10 - buys educational supplies for one girl to educate 100 peers about menstrual hygiene
$30 - buys sanitary pads for one girl for one year ensuring that she stays in school
$50 - trains a student peer health counsellor helping keep girls enrolled in school

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Many rural Ugandan girls drop out of school at puberty because of a lack of sanitary pads, teen pregnancy and early marriage. Only 38% of today's kindergarten girls in Uganda will complete primary school. Only 13% will attend secondary school. This project will improve access to education for poor rural girls in Kabarole District, Western Uganda through peer education programs, improved sanitation and the self-sustainable production of locally produced, ecologically friendly sanitary pads.

Activities

We will keep girls in school which in turn will affect the entire community through local production of cheap, ecologically sound sanitary pads, training to student to act as peer leaders about reproductive health, and much more.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $73,862
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $126,138
Total Funding Goal: $200,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This project will provide 1500 Ugandan girls with a sustainable source of affordable sanitary pads, accessible knowledge about reproductive health, and facilities at school to keep them in school for a healthy and prosperous future for the community.

Project Message

"At my school giving girls free pads and good information so they understand their bodies has greatly reduced absenteeism. They can now perform as well as the boys and are very happy."
- Lydiah Elizabeth Kasenene, Principal, Kasiisi Primary School, Uganda

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Alice Bator
Kasiisi Project Vanderbilt Co-Director
78 School Street
Weston, MA 02493
United States
1-781-454-9811
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Project Sponsor

Center for Global Engagement, Northwestern Univ

Organization

The Kasiisi Project (Girls Support Program)
64 Linnaean St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
671 493 5775
http://www.kasiisiproject.org/KPGirlSupport/KP_Girls_Support_Program.html

Learn more about The Kasiisi Project (Girls Support Program) and the project team.

Latest Update from the Field

Girl Report

By Alice - Bator, June 11, 2010 11:47 AM

Hello again donors!

Thanks again so much for your continued support. Check out Elizabeth Ross' new blog entry at http://kasiisiproject.blogspot.com/2010/06/girls-peer-education-program-success.html to read about the success of the girls peer education program this year. Its wonderful to see how successful the program has been so far, and hopefully in the coming years the program can be spread to more primary schools! Your support has been absolutely instrumental to the development of this program by supporting our community health worker, providing supplies for health education courses, donating sanitary pads and more. None of these successes are possible without the many many people who have contributed to this program. So, again, thank you! I head to Uganda Monday so I will have more news and stories in August when I'm back home.

Until then... spread the word about Kasiisi Project, send a message via email or GlobalGiving with comments, suggestions or questions, and remember that your donation, big or small, makes a huge difference!

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