NITDA Partnership with Enugu State Government
Caring Hands for Africa was part of the NITDA and Enugu State Training Programme for the physically challenged in Enugu. 50 laptops, wifi, etc were given to the participants.
Read moreCan you imagine ...
- Having to choose between food and sanitary napkins?
- Being so desperate that you trade sanitary napkins by performing sexual favors?
What many young girls are forced to endure instead of sanitary napkins.
“... using feathers, goat skin, and soil instead…girls and women (have been found) using
newspaper, straw, ash, or sand to absorb menstrual blood… it’s unhygienic and dangerous...
bacterial infections of the urinary and reproductive tracts ensue…chronic vaginal
discharge.”
- psmag.com
“... having to use cloths, pieces of mattress, tissue paper, and cotton wool to manage their
menstruation when sanitary pads were unaffordable to them. They described the cumbersome and
non-absorbent properties of these materials which resulted in pain, rashes, leaks, soiled
clothes, bad odour, and consequent teasing by classmates.
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