For girls in the communities where we work the struggle of not having sanitary towels is very real. Girls who are unable to afford sanitary towels often resort to using unhygienic materials like tissue paper and pieces of rags. As you probably know, in Africa young girls will often share their sanitary towels (usually scrap cloth) with their mothers or other women in the household. Of course they are washed thoroughly between uses, but venereal diseases can be transmitted through sharing in spite of that.
Also, the study shows that most of these underprivileged girls miss school for at least four days each month over menstruation. These issues are not talked about in Africa, due to embarrassment, lack of understanding and the low priority of such problems in the face of starvation, violence, death, illiteracy and the many struggles of daily life.
Some girls also stay home from school during their menses. This affects their education negatively.

Your gift of $10 (ksh 1,000) will give one year’s supply of sanitary towels to one girl who is unable to afford them.