Reusable sanitary towels

Location:                      Mabayi, Burundi

Project leadtime:         6 months

Requestor:                    Josephine Bararwendera for DAB

Description of the project:

A large number of adolescent girls drop out of school or are absent during their monthly period because they lack the necessary hygiene. If they could get reusable sanitary towels their problem would be solved.

Objectives:

Providing vulnerable teens with sanitary towels to prevent absenteeism from school.

Beneficiaries:

228 young girls, ages 10-20.

Budget:

456 sets of 3 sanitary towels:
1368 pieces:                                      2,736,000 USh
Transport to Mabayi and taxes:          1,400,000 USh
(± 950 Euro)

The sanitary towels will be made by Children Rescue Voluntary Organisation (an earlier project of Vleugels van Hoop vzw) in Kabale, Uganda and sent to the applicant of this project.

Risks:

None

Attached documents:

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Follow-up of the project

June 2021

General status:

In order to provide vulnerable young girls with sanitary towels to prevent school absenteeism, CRVO (an earlier project of Vleugels van Hoop vzw) in Kabale was contacted for the production of sanitary towels, as they have experience with this.

Financial status:

456 sets of 3 sanitary napkins were manufactured by CRVO in Uganda and sent to the applicant for this project.
Production and shipping costs: 950 €

Attached documents (pictures, reçu’s …):

Photos of the distribution of the sanitary towels to the girls.

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