Addressing Period Poverty
Girls (at the educational seminar) were saying, now they will not miss school days when they are having their period.
– Stanley Gitari, Program Lead
Millions of girls and women across the globe cannot afford menstrual products or access to safe water and sanitation to manage their menstrual health and hygiene. This can lead to missed education, income from work, and more.
Stanley & Mary Gitari in Maua, Kenya, have provided a workroom and supervision for making reusable sanitary supplies for young women in their community. Center donors provide the sewing machine and materials, and money for seamstresses, like Stella (an AIDS orphan - pictured left) to sew the supplies.
Center Board member, Clietta Terry, reports that "Young women and their mothers are invited to daylong seminars. In addition to receiving menstrual supplies, they are provided training on hygiene and self-care." To combat traditions of involuntary female genital mutilation, the day ends with an alternative Rite of Passage celebration. To combat period poverty in Kenya, please consider a donation to help us end period poverty.
