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* Chifundo UK - to empower financially challenged school girls by giving them a positive experience of menstruation & for their attendance & performance to improve * In partnerships with Gift of the Givers, a relief NGO, to work with government schools & orphanages to identify appropriate girls
Situation
*Poor school attendance by financially challenged school girls when they are menstruating, some of whom may have a long way to walk to school & they have no money to buy sanitary wear & panties It is a hidden problem as girls are embarrassed and don't like to reveal they are menstruating *Sanitary pads and spare panties are expensive and parents and orphans cannot afford to buy them *Need for Chanasa women to have regular work as well as large orders from the UK & small local shops ones
Solution
* Gift of the Givers female staff will work with schools and orphanages to identify present school attendance and appropriate girls * Chanasa Women will make reusable waterproof sanitary pads and panties in string bags * GOTG will deliver and hand out the packs to identified girls School staff will monitor improvements in school attendance