Action in Africa Feminine Hygiene Project

This project was run by the Ugandan chapter of the Days for Girls Charity. Days for Girls provides long lasting feminine hygiene products for girls and women who either cannot access disposable products because they live in remote areas, or because they are too expensive.  Detachable knicker linings can be washed and if cared for properly, last for several years.  Kits were brought to Nyaishozi and the Ugandan DfG team visited two secondary schools and held an outdoor teaching session for the women in the village

The local students and Nyaishozi women were taught how to make the kits and how to look after them. Each participant left with a Days for Girls kit as well as the female students having a lesson on Human Biology – dispelling some of the Tanzanian myths about sex and menstruation. 

                               The schoolgirls and ladies from the village show their completed kits

The programme was funded by The Hilden Charitable Trust and was such a success that Action in Africa is considering running the programme again this summer. Action in Africa would like to thank the Ugandan Chapter of the Days for Girls Charity and Father Vitalis who was their host while they were staying in Nyaishozi, not forgetting the Hilden Charitable Trust, without whom, the project would not have been made possible.