The United Nations has declared 11 October2012 as the world’s first International Day of the Girl Child. Thanks so much so far for supporting Path to Womanhood (PTW) with reaching out to girls through sanitary towel donations in various ways! 11 Oct 2012 is the International Day of the Girl Child and we are going […]
Category: sanitary towels
23 August 2012, Rachuonyo: Oriwo Primary School
Path to Womanhood foundation recently had the pleasure of being represented by Jane Anyango in Rachuonyo for distribution of Sanitary towels that were raised through PTW. If you have been following the work we have been doing Jane is instrumental in all our Kibera outreaches. So, Jane had a session with 20 to 30 girls […]
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 […]