By Kankya Blaise | Fundraiser
Mensual hygiene, if not handled carefully, can be one of the key causes of early marriages and teenage pregnancies. We are proud to report that our community involvement in promoting menstrual hygiene through our project "Promoting Sanitary Towels for Girls in Rural Schools" has made a remarkable impact in the campaign to End Child marriages in Kabarole District.
We have been engaging communities of Karangura, the mountainous sub county of Kabarole District that has been registering the highest numbers of child marriages in the district. Numbers of teenagers dropping out of school have greatly reduced. Unlike the days before you started this project in our school,nine of every ten girls that join upper primary complete the primary cycle revealed one of the head teachers. She attributed this to the availability of sanitary pads to the girls that are in their menstrual cycles.
We have planned to expand the project to cover more three schools this first half of 2019 in the said sub county so that more girls can be retained in school. If I had been in any of the schools of your operation, I wouldn't have dropped out of school...I would keep in school, complete school and marry at the right time; I would be more resourceful to the people in my community because my dream was to be an architect said Karungi as tears welled in her eyes.
With your continued support, we can reach out to more girls and help them complete their primary school.
By Kankya Blaise | Project Assistant
By Kankya Blaise | Volunteer
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