Story

Girls living in Nairobi slums cannot afford to buy sanitary pads, common hygiene products, they don't have access to adequate and clean toilets. Data suggest that 65% of women in Kenya cannot afford to purchase sanitary pads. During the menstrual period, girls and young women are forced to remain closed in their shacks, unable to go to school. The project will bring hygiene kits to all 340 girls in our schools, gynecological and psychological assistance as well as sexual education and protection

Impact

The project will help decrease the dropout rate of girls through support during the menstrual cycle, will contribute to community awareness of issues of sexuality, menstrual education, and the female body, will provide gynecological and psychological care for girls and women victims of abuse, and will help the beneficiaries feel more confident and aware of their bodies and health. We will focus on 340 girls in our schools and their mothers, sisters, aunts to reach a potential of 1500 women.

Challenge

Period Poverty means the inability to ensure adequate hygiene during the menstrual period, mainly due to economic issues. This includes both the inability to use appropriate sanitary devices (tampons, pads..) and the inability to have access to suitable places (bathrooms with running water, equipped and clean). Girls and women living in the slums of Nairobi cannot afford to buy sanitary pads, hygiene products, they live in metal shacks without toilets and running water, they suffer in silence.

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