Donate for Menstrual Hygiene of 100 Disable Girls

Progress report on Menstruation Hygiene Program

Protibandhi Shishu Shiekkha O Paricharja samity (Proships) is implementing program during the year awareness raising on using sanitary napkins with our targeted 100 Disable girls   in Jamalpur district of Bangladesh in order to develop their menstrual hygiene under sexual and reproductive health  Program through awareness and advocacy orientation and individually motivation and counselling .

On the dated 10^th September 2017 organized group Orientation program on Personnel Hygiene , Sexual & reproductive health issues at Dewangonj area office with Adolescent girls( Intellectually disable, Hearing Impaired , Low vision, Physical handicap , Wheel chair user Girls) for creating positive awareness and information disseminate in to adolescent girls. Numbers of 25 adolescent girls are attend the orientation session.

In this orientation session our Program Director and team Members are conducted and trying to understand to targeted adolescent girls on Menstruation is a biological process in women but now it is a big social taboo in our area. Adolescent girls and women with Disabilities are bound with social and family’s restrictions are not touching books, barrier doing homework and outside walking, not publicly discuss about this issue. Adolescent girls and Women are still use old cloth pieces during periods. Intellectually and hearing impaired Disable Adolescents girls are not manage their period and they are most vulnerable. Participants are told us – “we were not aware about our Menstruation hygiene /monthly period and not take proper management, todays orientation and counselling is help us and we are understood protected from infections. Same program will be held for our benefit in near future. ”

Besides, our organization Team and Co-worker are organized group session and conducted individually are avoid the above mention situation for development of Adolescent disable girls. This will help to enhance their access and promote use of sanitary and also enhance their knowledge about menstrual process, Sexual & reproductive health which will ultimately lead to minimization of social restrictions.

Our implementing Program will help to Increasing use of Sanitary napkins or clean cloth pieces will help them to free from infections, more confident positively. Increase knowledge on Sexual and reproductive health and also menstruation will enlighten them against malpractices during menstruation and bring a long term impact in the lives of disable adolescent girls both biologically and socially. This program carried a significant role play in the community.