Unpopular culture and the stigmatization of the menstrual cycle have been blamed for denying girls access to a safe menstrual environment.
Failure of the community to openly discuss menstrual situations involving girls and women is frustrating the efforts to access a clean and safe menstrual environment.
Fast Truck Mentors Chief Executive Officer Valentine Simei urged the community to freely talk about women’s menstrual cycle so as to find ways of ensuring all girls access safe periods.
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Speaking at Tigityo Girls Secondary School in Nandi she said a safe and clean menstrual cycle for women and girls would be achieved if the community abandoned stigmatizing women and girls on periods.
She regretted that some diseases facing women were associated with lack of access to safe menstrual periods, which she says could be corrected if the community and all stakeholders were involved.
“We are asking the government and other stakeholders to continue supporting girls in school and especially those in day schools to access sanitary pads for them to access friendly periods,” she added.
Simei pointed out that over 400 girls in Tigityo Girls School benefitted from the free sanitary pads courtesy of ‘Fast Truck Mentors’ with support from other organizations and the well-wishers.
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Fauzia Butit Principal Tigityo Girls Secondary Girls commended Fast Truck Mentors for the program, further expressing confidence that her girls would remain in school as their hygiene has been improved through the provision of enough pads.
“When girls are given these pads, it will assist them to be in school all the time. We are sure that the entire period this term they will be in school with us,” Butit confirmed.
Fast Truck Mentors is an organization that is involved in mentorship and empowerment within Nandi and the neighboring counties.
By KIMUTAI LANGAT
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