 A group known as Centre for Water and Environment Development has urged parents to educate female wards on menstrual health and hygiene so as to know what to do when they are experiencing menstruation for the first time. The product manager stated this today in Yola during an event on menstrual hygiene day celebrated globally on the 28th of May 2021. Our correspondent reports. This year's celebration centred on girls at the secondary school, particularly Government Girls Secondary Schools in Yola, the Adamawa State Capitol, with the aim of educating them on the need to know what to do at the first day of menstruation. The project manager, Doris Akama, says it is pertinent for the awareness on the female wards in order to reduce the rate at which young girls always fall a victim on the first day of menstruation. She urged parents to always be friendly to their female wards at the early stage so that they will know the needful. Not just mothers, even fathers, that's the parents and that's what if you see in our program is we invite boys so that we catch them young. But eventually they become fathers. If the mother will be shined, at least the father will be able to tell the mother have you educated this your child, have you prepared this your girl child before her first period and mostly they start from age nine. Some of the students thank the organization for the awareness and express happiness saying their awareness will go a long way in guiding them on what to do at the first day of the menstruation. I thought she was old. I went and told my mom that she now called my aunt. She now asked her if I have a boyfriend. Then my aunt was not like no, I don't have a boyfriend. Then from then she now called my brother from their house. Then my brother now told her that it's not a thing because I was at a very tender age when I started. Then my brother now... How old were you then? I was nine. Then my brother now called her that it's a normal thing for a girl to start. She told me that any time I see blood flowing from my body I should not be afraid. It is menstruation. And she taught me how to use the part. With this one day awareness on the celebration of World Menstrual Hygiene Day, it is expected that parents will take up their responsibility in educating female words at the earliest stage. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.