Safe menstrual products shouldn't be a privilege of the few, but a fundamental right for all. Throughout Kenya, millions of young girls and women lack access to essential feminine hygiene products, such as sanitary pads and tampons. Females suffering from period poverty resort to using leaves from trees, the insides of mattresses, socks or even reusing dirty sanitary pads.
Throughout Kenya, millions of young girls and women lack access to essential feminine hygiene products, such as pads and tampons. Females suffering from period poverty resort to using leaves from trees, the insides of mattresses, socks or even reusing dirty sanitary pads. Lack of access to proper sanitary products forces 65% of Kenyan females to miss school & work. It lowers their self-esteem. They remain homebound for at least one week of each month-reinforcing the cycle of poverty.
This project will help young girls and women throughout Kenya to retain their dignity, to put them back in school, and to send them back to work by providing access to clean, safe feminine hygiene products. This will also lower the cases of diseases related to improper hygiene.
By sending women back to work, they are able to earn and income to feed their families, and to purchase their own period products. Children in school will continue to earn their education that will potentially propel them into a stable career with a solid income. Additionally, children in many schools will have access to period products through the school administrators.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
