I read today that girls in Kenyan schools are to be supplied by the government with free sanitary pads ! About time too .... teenage girls miss on average a week of school every month as they have no money to buy pads, so stay at home.
This obviously puts girls at an educational disadvantage, which is an Africa-wide problem. Half of the population earn less than $2 a day, IF they have a job, so buying pads is not a choice.
Perhaps it might be better to encourage and demonstrate the method to make re-useable, washable pads ? Why not supply the girls with kits to make their own pads ?
http://sewinpeace.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/feminine-cloth-pad-tutorial.html
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