Hundreds of teenage girls from informal settlements in Voi and Mwatate sub-counties have received sanitary towels from well-wishers just two weeks after the Nation highlighted their plight. They used to receive sanitary towels from the government run project while school was in session. During the forums, we realised the girls lacked sanitary towels; that is why we started this pads drive," she said. Ms Mwashighadi added that they plan to reach more than 7,000 girls in Mwatate Sub-county before rolling the program to other areas across the region. Last week, the Ministry of Education directed sub-county directors of Education to continue issuing sanitary pads stored in the learning institutions.

Source: Daily Nation August 12, 2020 12:50 UTC