Hello, this is Global Bridge Network!
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| LUSH Charity Bank |
We are so HAPPY♪ to announce
that we are now able to start our 2nd project on
‘Improvement of school environment to
combat Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) challenges to Stop Adolescent Girls’School Dropouts in Uganda’
supported by a fund from Lush Charity Bank of Lush
Japan.
We truly appreciate their continual
support!
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| Training on Menstruation Sanitary Pad Making on the first project |
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| Menstruation Sanitary pad made by a girl on the first project |
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Discussion about menstruation and hygiene management on the first project
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In our first project, we conducted activities
such as reusable sanitary pad making, session on Menstruation Hygiene
Management (MHM), Sex education, and Gender awareness etc.
We tried to involve
not only girls but also boys, teachers, and parents.
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Boys
attentively listening to the gender awareness session on our first project
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Thus, the great impacts
found were reducing boys from teasing girls and improving school support for
girls by providing private space and encouraging students regarding MHM and
Gender awareness.
In addition to that, parents now openly discuss about menstruation
with girls and many girls have got proper knowledge concerning MHM.
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Facilitator
conducting Q&A session on Menstruation Hygiene Management
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Regarding the 2nd project, we will
establish a framework to sustain our first project by establishing MHM Peer
clubs to conduct Child-child MHM training (students who received training in
the1st project will this time act as the trainers to conduct the training),
gender awareness and sex education.
To also mobilize the community on providing
support among vulnerable rural adolescent girls who find it hard to access
factory made sanitary pads and missing schools.
In addition, supply chain of
sanitary pads will expand to the communities around the project area with
affordable prices so that many girls are able to go to school during their time
of periods.
Therefore, we are looking forward to improving
girls’ educational environment and make their life better through collaboration
with our partner NGO, SORAK.
Thank you so much for your support and
cooperation!
*This project is supported by Lush Japan Co., Ltd.
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