RURAL WOMEN EQUIPED WITH SANITARY PADS MAKINGS SKILLS

Women have remained the main care takers of children from childhood, adolescent until they mature. They  provide sanitary material for their  girls with their meager resources as men seem not to take it as important.

The trainer Miss Margret demonstrating to the participants

RICNET through RWECO secured funding from East African Children’s Fund to support “Community Led Mechanisms to Prevent Violence Against Children and Adolescents” in Kasese district .
 A baseline survey was conducted as a basis of intervention revealing that parents do not provide sanitary material for their adolescent girls which makes them to miss classes during menstruation periods or even drop out of school as a result of stigma that is caused by fellow pupils. To address this, RIC-NET has carried out  training of leaders for 35 women leaders from women groups in Karambi and Kitholhu sub counties in the making of re-usable sanitary towels. These women are expected in turn train other women in their groups.
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Women trying out the skill  of making reusable sanitary towels 

Some of the advantages of the re-usable sanitary towels are that they are cheap, can be washed and can be used for several months. However, high level of cleanliness is required and it should be washed, allowed to dry properly before the next use.