By MN Reporter
Over 300 adolescent girls have benefited from sanitary towels from Inua Elimu Kopala initiative.
The girls also received soaps,pants,neck tie and petroleum jelly and were drawn from Kopala Primary, Odendo and Karungu Secondary Schools.
Rose Akinyi noted they came up with the initiative to help ensure the girls stay in school without being affected by challenges faced by adolescent girls during menstruation.
“Most girls from Nyatike sub county are affected academically due to the menses which in return affect their academic performance. We want our girls to be able to utilise maximum time in school without any interference. We also want the boys to be able to maintain their hygiene in school thus we have donated a neck tie, bar of soap and petroleum jelly to each male student.” Said Akinyi.
Kanyasa MCA Jackiepol Ongoro noted that Migori county assembly through gender office and department of education has fast track a policy that will address the challenges affecting girls menstrual hygiene among other challenges.
The MCA said that by coming up with such a bill it will help in ensuring all girls from class 5 receives sanitary pads every term as well as address other challenges of defilement cases,early pregnancies among others.
“I’m optimistic that the bill will be beneficial to the girls in enhancing their learning activities without any hitches if put into law. I appeal to parents and other stakeholders to come out and support such noble initiative,” she said.
