Sanitary Pads to Keep 600 Young Girls in School

Accordingly, 70% of mothers in Bolore and Pagirinya refugee settlements think periods are dirty and 66% of girls and women manage periods without toilets. Handling periods in a refugee settlement is hugely complex, influenced by differences in sociocultural norms, with barely no education to young girls on how to experience their periods, what they can do while menstruating, what they can use to absorb menstrual blood and how they dispose the material, whether and from whom they can seek information and help.

When a girl faces obstacles in managing her menses in a healthy way, she is at risk for infection, her self-esteem and self-confidence suffer, she may remain absent from school during her period, or worse still, drop out of school altogether upon reaching puberty. Over time, these negative effects add up, preventing a young girl from achieving her full potential and having a healthy, productive life.

We are responding to this crisis by supplying free Lucky Girls Sanitary Pads to young girls and women in Bolore and Pagirinya refugee settlements. These 2 settlements host 36,000 people of which 72% are young girls, women and children between 9 to 18 years.

    "You saved me of the monthly shame, I missed collecting my food ratios because I feared to go near people during my periods in this camp life its been so hard" The way we need constant food supply we also nees constant supply for             pads.

    Ateny--- Bolore refugee settlement

We are grateful to move together in this journey of transforming lives meaningfully your, donations makes all this possible we are hopeful your donation will  keep more young girls empowered with diginity.