NGO in Collaboration with Firm Distributes Free Sanitary Pads to School Girls

In its bid to advocate for free sanitary pads and promote hygienic menstrual periods for young girls in the country, a firm, AHF Nigeria in collaboration with the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Development and Sustainability (CIKDAS) has given free sanitary pads to selected school girls in seven schools in Ekiti State.

Project Director of CIKDAS, Princess Jumoke Owoola noted that the inability of the girls to have free access to sanitary pads posed a bigger problem on many occasions, and efforts from organizations like AHF (Nigeria) is one of the best ways to solve the problem.

“Though Ekiti State Government is ahead of many States on sanitary pad education and free supply of pads to those in need, getting supports from organizations and interventions of NGOs’ will go a long way in realizing the desired efforts” Princess Owoola declared.

Advocacy and Marketing Manager of AHF (Nigeria), Steve Aborisade, in a telephone conversation stated that his organization is out to highlight the importance of menstrual hygiene management with the sole purpose of providing young females with menstruating age with free sanitary pads.