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Sanitary Kit Drive for underprivileged girls

In Sierra Leone, a large number of girls do not have access to sanitary products and as a result, they substitute sanitary products with ‘pieces’ (small scraps of fabric or old cloth), which as you can imagine, is not very hygienic. This is due to a lack of funds to buy proper sanitary products.

The lack of sanitary products affects our girl's performance and/or attendance in school, as girls often miss school because of this. According to UNICEF, 20% of girls in Sierra Leone, lose weeks of school a year, simply because they do not have a reliable way to manage their period. In some cases, girls that cannot afford proper menstrual care stay at home for the whole period of their menstruation, in order to avoid embarrassment. Some miss their test and exams.

In other cases, to ration the pads and limit expenses, they wear their pads longer than the advised time. Imagine wearing one pad for the whole day. That could lead to some severe hygiene issues.

Along with this excruciating pain for some girls and hormonal mood swings, we want to relieve the stress of looking for how to afford sanitary products for these underprivileged girls. Therefore, Project Pikin, will be running a Menstrual Hygiene and Sanitary Kit Drive . The aim of the project is to raise essential funds to provide every young girl involved with Project Pikin, Sanitary hygiene kits, to last them for a year.

We aim to improve access to disposable and reusable sanitary products through donations. We also aim to sensitise and educate the beneficiaries on the importance of safe menstrual hygiene management.

Who will benefit:

All proceeds will be shared with the beneficiaries, whom we have identified as 60 underprivileged girls, involved with Project Pikin, for World Menstrual Hygiene Day, during a Menstrual Hygiene Masterclass on 28th May 2024.

List of the items in each Sanitary hygiene kit and what will your money do?

1. Sanitary products

2. Underwear

3. Bar of soap

4. Toothpaste

5. Toothbrush

6. Hand sanitisers

7. Deodorant

8. Bag

If you would like to donate the sanitary products instead of a monetary donation, then you can send these items to the following location:

59 Roberts Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Your donations will mean a great deal to us and we will be so grateful to you for helping us to purchase these products for all the girls in need.

No amount Is too small, every little helps!