Buying sanitary pads for some is as easy as popping into a grocery store,but this is not the case for many girls in Sierra Leone who are forced to stay at home as they are unable to afford this basic necessity.
A majority of
girls in Sierra Leone use unhygienic alternatives to sanitary pads, such as old
cloth , newspapers and other makeshift materials to manage their menstruation,
which puts them at a huge risk of infection.And many girls
aged between 13- 19 miss a week of school every month, for lack of sanitary
pads.
A couple of Sierra Leonean musicians are taking a step to change this, with what we have
dubbed the #AfricanGirlNeeds
David Dukusamba stage name “Buba and Fantacee Wiz have joined a project whose mission is to educate girls on caring for themselves
during this sensitive time.
The maxi pad
& Soap drive “ Give them pads not rags” has already visited a number of schools around Freetown donating sanitary towels and soap packs ,promoting one message of “Hygiene" to over 600 hundred pupils so far.
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| Buba With School Pupils |
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| Fantacee Wiz Doing what she does best. |
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| The Pupils |
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| The team giving the talk |
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| Sanitary Donations |
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