By Priyanshi Garg | Volunteer
"I feel proud that now I can provide the right information to the girls of my communities about their periods. I attend regular Smiley Days Awareness sessions and collect information which is very important for every girl". says Neeru (name changed)
The girl aged about 22, attained menarche when she was 14. Neeru (name changed) had some idea about Menstrual Cycle before the onset of her first period but she was unaware as to the biological reason for this natural process in a woman’s life. She felt shy and nervous to talk with anyone more about periods and there were lots of questions in her mind related to the menstrual cycle.
She came to know about the Indian Dreams Foundation from one of her neighbors and visited the IDF's Resource Center to seek assistance. She was ignorant about Menarche, Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) besides other important aspects before connecting with us. Our health counselor listened to all her issues regarding menstrual health. She conveyed irregular periods and other hygiene issues. Even consulting doctors didn’t yield any positive results. However, when we asked her to elaborate on the same, it came out to be normal which she thought of to be problematic. Her ignorance about the duration of the Menstrual Cycle was the cause which led her to conclude something normal as an issue. Counseling helped in making one more girl advance her knowledge to deviate from the ground of ignorance. Before such education, she was practicing unhygienic measures during periods like using cloth but after this aid, she started using sanitary napkins distributed under Smiley Days Project.
Thanks everyone, the changes and confidence have been build in many girls in the communities and they recognize as Change Agents. These all could be done with the help of your support and well- wishes.
You can contribute to this project and your generous support will help us to provide sanitary napkins and hygiene material to the girls and women during COVID 19 pandemic.
You can support our COVID 19 Emergency Relief Project that helps to meet immediate needs for dry ration kits, food supply, health & hygiene kits supply to the poor families. Below is link;
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/covid-19-emergency-relief-for-communities-in-india/
Thank you so much for your support in advance,
Regards,
Team IDF
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