【Educational Environment】Impact Assessment Report

This is the second phase of the project on ‘Improvement of school environment to combat Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) challenges to Stop Adolescent Girls’ School Dropouts in Uganda’ supported by funds from the Lush Charity Bank of Lush Japan, Co., Ltd.

At this time, we will report about Impact Assessment report of this project made in December, 2018.

This study targeted and assessed all categories of beneficiaries and reached 48 pupils (12 boys and 36 girls. Pupils interviewed from each of the 3 respective schools included; Lwawuna P/S 21 pupils, Kibalinga P/S 15 pupils and PCLC 12 pupils.

Lwawuna MHM club representative facilitating the training

This exercise further assessed 8 community members who had earlier participated in the parish based awareness raising on SORAK made reusable sanitary pads, out of 8 who were assessed 6 were female and 2 were male. The assessment further interviewed 2 school managers (1 from Lwawuna and another one from PCLC) and 3 senior woman and 3 senior male teachers.

The process of data collection among learners commenced on 20th November 2018 and ended on 27th November in Lwawuna Primary School, Nabingoola Sub County, St. Joseph Kibalinga Primary School and Precious Child Learning Centre (PCLC), Kibalinga Sub County respectively.

PCLC learners making reusable sanitary pad

Every stakeholder has changed their attitude towards menstruation.
We will show you the parts of report as follows.

・Boys have become supportive. As a result, there is reduced stigma and many boys have even joined clubs.

・Teachers have improved their attitude toward girl’s menstruation. They had never provided information on menstruation in the past, but after SORAK project, they openly teach about menstruation issues.

・Parents are no longer shy to talk about menstruation with their own daughters because they feel they have some information about menstruation acquired from SORAK. Some parents are asking for more trainings.

Learners displaying reusable sanitary pads they made.

Based on the MHM Project performance and availability of funds, SORAK could improve menstrual hygiene management among in-school adolescent girls plus achieving better grades. 

SORAK had also created incredible impact in the community, among the targeted schools of implementation, boys, girls, teachers and parents.

Click on the following link to view the report on

'Impact Assessment Report'

*This project is supported by Lush Japan Co., Ltd.

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