Sanitary Pads to Keep 600 Young Girls in School

Menstrual health challenges that young girls and women face in Uganda are something that many people never even think about, because they don’t know any different. But if you live on less than $2 a day,  you can’t afford proper menstruation or sanitation products. Instead, women use mattress stuffing, leaves, newspapers, or rags—things that are unhealthy, inappropriate, and undignified. If you don’t have running water or access to latrines, the situation is worse.  Girls miss an average of 70 to 90 days of school every year because of poor access.  it  daunting and puts them at an even greater disadvantage in the education system.

Our Lucky Girl Sanitary Pads helpes to empower girls to achieve their full academic potential, curbing the high rates of menstrual-related absenteeism. Currently the project target 600 girls in Northern Uganda, and producess more 30 percent of the product which is donated to Gulu Women’s Prison and to schoolgirls who can’t afford it. We’re looking at potentially of expanding the project this year to support refugees coming from South Sudan and reach out up 300- young girls and women in Uganda.

Client Quote:

“I was in primary 5 when I first menstruated” Alice said. She remembers how she bled through her uniform, and every one at school laughed, the boys and girls all laughed at her so she became embarrassed and intimidated so she ran out of class, and did not want to go back. Neither her parents nor her teachers had told her about menstruation, or what to do once it happened. She says that underneath her embarrassment there was also confusion, fear and a feel of hopelessness."

Alice--- Gulu

We are grateful to work  together to support young girls and women in Uganda who are struggling to  transform their  lives meaningfully, your donation makes all this possible. Consider to give more young girls and women to have ahealthy periods.

Links:

• visit our Face book page
• Visit our website

Your support is enabling 15 young  mothers to make  sanitary pads which they supply to school going girls to help them save the embarrassment and stay at school during their menstrul periods. For the first time 300 young girls from Acet Primary school and Lapiny Loyo Primary School stayed at school through the entire term.Giving them the opportunity to concetrate and continue with their education with your support. Conducting Community dilogues involving men, parents, and young boys is changing the biases around sanitay pads discuss in Uganda, Together we are helping to push forward the gender inequalities in the educations sector by breaking the silence about sanitary pads, enabling young girls to stay at school with diginity. Girl's access to sanitary Pads is a woman's rignt not a favor. 

Client Quote:

"I will perform better this term because I attend all the lessons, I m very happy and confident". 

Lucia.......Primary school girls

 1 out of 10 african school girls skips school or drop out of school entirly due to a lack of menstual products and poor sanitation. This critical unavailabilit of sanitayry products in uganda is a major barrier to education for girls of school going age. This is where your donation is helping to  change this reality. 

Links:

• To learn more visit our website