In rural Kenya, 1 in every 10 girls will miss school for 4 days in a month during her menses due to lack of proper sanitary supplies. This totals to 36 days in a 9 month school year. If not missing school, the girl is forced to use inappropriate and unhygienic materials that do not […]
Category: menstruation period
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 […]