Underprivileged girls receive sanitary wear
A group of young women in Bulawayo known as The Ladies Auxiliary has donated sanitaryย wearย to two orphanages, The Shelter and Home of Peace as part of efforts to alleviate challenges faced by underprivileged girls.
The initiative which started in Bulawayo is set to also benefit other young girls in Insiza, Nkayi, and Plumtree districts.
In an interview with CITE, the founder of Igugulethu Foundation, Gugulethu Dlodlo said she started the #PadAGirlย drive and collaborated with four other young women and they managed to secure 400 sanitary pads out of the initial target of 500.
Dlodlo said some girls are forced to use cow dung and newspapers during their menstrual cycle because they cannot access proper sanitary wear.
โWe wanted to raise awareness on the plight of the girl child in Zimbabwe. Some girls do not have access to sanitary wear hence during menstruation they end up using cow dung, pieces of blanket clothes, newspapers, and other unsanitary stuff as ‘pads’. This comes with adverse health conditions,โ she said.