To co-create a short, powerful film that reduces menstrual stigma and promotes the safe and confident use of reusable menstrual products among adolescent girls and Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Kibera slum, Nairobi. The film will support health education and empower both groups.
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Urban informal settlements like Kibera (population ≈ 170,000) face entrenched menstrual health issues driven by poverty, sanitation gaps, and stigma. A recent landscape review across Kenya found that 54% of adolescent girls struggle to access menstrual products, while 95% of menstruating girls miss 1–3 school days per period, and 70% report a negative impact on grades due to menstruation-related barriers. Reusable menstrual products significantly reduce cost and waste are still emerging in Kenya
We will create a training film, translated into local languages, which supports Community Health Workers to providing accurate, stigma-free info for girls, young women and mothers of girls. In this way we can equip CHWs to share film-based education with dozens of people weekly, creating a multiplier effect throughout Kibera. Our goals is to train 40 CHWs workers with the potential reach of our messages to 20,000 people. Through the film CHWs will increase their knowledge and reduce stigma.
