I went on vacation recently to visit a very dear friend, Gaceri in NYC and to also see my brother in North Carolina. By luck Gaceri had to go to Boston for work and so we made a girls trip of it. A lot of exciting things happened on that trip, though one meeting relevant […]
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Knowledge is power….
If i had never gotten interested in round up sanitary pad donations i would have never realised just how inaccessible information can be. Yes we have distributed sanitary pads, but we need to arm girls with information. We have had many interactions to date, with the girls who have recieved the donations and boy do […]
What if pads were distributed for free? or were made so affordable such that the girl child does not have to worry about her monthly period?
I feel inspired after reading an article in Kenya’s July 2011 Salon magazine (ok ok hold your horses because it not just about hair, it also features various stories and i was drawn to it because of this particular article) Basically about the singer Size 8 and her growing up from a low income home […]
The good, the bad and the ugly | Sanitary Pads
So there’s good news and bad news, which would you rather hear first? I think the good? Here goes, at least the Kenyan government recognises that there is actually a need for sanitary towels to be distributed to girls from poor families, stating that at least 2.7 million are affected. the figure could actually be […]
Part 2: Sanitary Pad Affair
The initial target for the Sanitary pads outreach on 10th Sept, was to raise 1,050 packets. We made it to approximately 550, which is more or less just above 50% mark. The first outreach you will remember we only had 354 packets which was fabulous, and reached close to 170 girls. This time we reached […]