Many women and young girls in
Uganda look at menstruation as a burden due to lack of good and safe protective
materials to use when they undergo their cycles. They could use old and dirty
piece of clothes. This has always created fear, stigma and discomfort among many
girls especially those of school going age in fear of soiling their uniforms.
This has always been accompanied with missing classes and drop outs.
Student excited over afri pads
In 2011 Change
- A-Life came in to support students at St. Lawrence by offering them free afri
-pads packs. These can be used for at least one year. Afri-pads are new brands
in Uganda they are used, washed, well dried and kept. They can last for one
full year of use. They are environmental, and cost friendly as compared to
other sanitary materials commonly used. Primary and secondary students have
continued receiving afri pads and guidance on how to use them in the
consecutive years (i.e. 2012 and 2013) with the support of Change – A – Life.
In a nutshell
afri-pads have improved school attendances, cut down on the rate of drop outs,
and costs incurred while buying the disposable sanitary pads. They also reduce
on bacterial infections which have been affecting some of our learners as a result
of using dirty pieces of clothes.
Social worker Migyera ,
Change-A-Life Uganda.
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