Freedom for Girls in Kenya by access health

access:health is a training project based in Kenya that keeps girls in school through health education and sanitary provision.

More info at: http://access-collective.com/health/
Donate at: http://www.hope-for-children.org/#sho...

Millions of girls are using old and dirty material, newspaper, leaves, and cow-dung in place of safe secure sanitary wear. Commercial disposable sanitary towels are often unavailable or too expensive, bulky to transport and difficult to dispose of hygienically. Fear, superstition, and embarrassment causes girls to miss up to 50 days of school each year or drop out completely.

Together we need to help access:health continue with practical training and health education that puts personal health decisions into the woman's hands. The project organises training in how to make sustainable pads and successful micro-businesses.

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