By Ndileka Xameni | Director of Siyaphambili and Project Leader
We have had a busy and productive few months here in South Africa, both in Langa and in New Bedford. Several new initiatives are helping improve the lives of young women and children. For teen-age girls, we have finally succeeded in getting a good supply of sanitary pads, and have educated the teens on how to use them- hard as it may be to believe, these products are still new to our community as they are costly, and not hardly available so this is a big step forward in health for these young women.
We also have initiated a gardening program for growing vegetables in discarded tires to protect the plants and enrich their soil, and have had several crops of lettuce and vegetables which enrich diets and cost little. We hope to enlarge this project following this pilot effort.
So much need, no government help - but we are hopeful and continue to be resilient and forward thinking in all our initiatives to improve the health and social conditions of our most vulnerable.
We thank our donors for their continued support.
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