The Women and Girls of Kenya: Part 3
As a woman, I believe that every woman should be able to embrace, being a woman. We should be able to be comfortable in our own skin and we should not have to compromise our femininity. We should be able to 'own' being a woman.
For many woman and young girls of Kenya, embracing being a woman, isn't always the option. In some villages, woman have to feel that having a menstrual cycle each month, is a shame. Many young girls in Kenya, are missing out on going to school, because of having a period each month.
We live in a society that is built off of modern technology and never have to think of feminine products and sanitary napkins as a luxury in life. We are fortunate enough, that our government had no desire, to control how woman survive their period each month.
Life for the young girls and women in Kenya, is not as simplified. Sanitary napkins are available, at a high price and not all have the money to buy them. In the village's where poverty has no ending, young girls have to find alternative's to sanitary napkins.
Making a reusable sanitary towel, is a lesson that is taught in school. Yes, they do have to wash them out by hand and get as many uses from each one, as they can. I watched a YouTube video , of a young girl, plucking feather's from a chicken, to make a sanitary towel.
This is a photo, of what the Sanitary Napkins, that are hand made, look like. In some village's, they use piece's of blankets or any other fabric or material they may find.
Many young girl's, have to stay home from school for a week each month, because they have no other choice. They are also paying a price for education, not only by missing school, but they have to pay school fees to attend school.
The Malika Foundation and The Center for Disadvantaged Girls, Kenya, is a non profit that is helping to provide the towels and material's, to make sanitary napkins and pay school fees, so young girls can attend school.
I found it hard to believe, that the Kotex, Equate and any other feminine product company, have not donated to this foundation. I thought of doing a "Pad Drive" and collecting sanitary napkins for them, then I learned, the cost to ship them to Kenya, is very expensive.
The money that is raised, through the gofundme account, that I helped set up for the Malika Foundation and Center for Disadvantaged Girls, Kenya, will also help to pay shipping costs, for all of the supplies that are donated, to help these young girls and women.
In a dream world, I would get as many sanitary napkins as I could, along with school supplies, clothes and sponsor's to help these young girls stay in school and get an education. In a dream world, someone that owns an airplane, would fly the supplies to Kenya for free.
The American dollar goes along way, when converted to a Kenya Shilling. The exchange rate is, $1 = 90.2000 Kenya Shillings. The cost for disposable Sanitary Napkins, outside of the village's, is around 50 Shilling's. The travel to get to the big city, to buy them, is another story.
As we enter the season of giving, think of the difference that even a simple $5 donation would make, to these girls. You can make a donation by clicking this link http://t.co/kehReeaX1I
To see this for yourself, visit YouTube and watch the video's that are posted, on the life of the young woman in Kenya. As a woman, I'm sure you will never take a feminine product for granted again. Together we can make a difference, any donation makes a difference for these girls.
A woman should not have to feel that it's a shame, to have a menstrual cycle, nor struggle for sanitary napkins, anywhere in the world, this day in age.
Next week, I will share with you, the many ways that the Malika Foundation and the Center for Disadvantaged Girls, Kenya, is making a difference.
Everyone Have a Happy Thanksgiving and remember, all that we have to be thankful for.
Bobbie
XoXoXo
For many woman and young girls of Kenya, embracing being a woman, isn't always the option. In some villages, woman have to feel that having a menstrual cycle each month, is a shame. Many young girls in Kenya, are missing out on going to school, because of having a period each month.
We live in a society that is built off of modern technology and never have to think of feminine products and sanitary napkins as a luxury in life. We are fortunate enough, that our government had no desire, to control how woman survive their period each month.
Life for the young girls and women in Kenya, is not as simplified. Sanitary napkins are available, at a high price and not all have the money to buy them. In the village's where poverty has no ending, young girls have to find alternative's to sanitary napkins.
Making a reusable sanitary towel, is a lesson that is taught in school. Yes, they do have to wash them out by hand and get as many uses from each one, as they can. I watched a YouTube video , of a young girl, plucking feather's from a chicken, to make a sanitary towel.
Many young girl's, have to stay home from school for a week each month, because they have no other choice. They are also paying a price for education, not only by missing school, but they have to pay school fees to attend school.
The Malika Foundation and The Center for Disadvantaged Girls, Kenya, is a non profit that is helping to provide the towels and material's, to make sanitary napkins and pay school fees, so young girls can attend school.
I found it hard to believe, that the Kotex, Equate and any other feminine product company, have not donated to this foundation. I thought of doing a "Pad Drive" and collecting sanitary napkins for them, then I learned, the cost to ship them to Kenya, is very expensive.
The money that is raised, through the gofundme account, that I helped set up for the Malika Foundation and Center for Disadvantaged Girls, Kenya, will also help to pay shipping costs, for all of the supplies that are donated, to help these young girls and women.
In a dream world, I would get as many sanitary napkins as I could, along with school supplies, clothes and sponsor's to help these young girls stay in school and get an education. In a dream world, someone that owns an airplane, would fly the supplies to Kenya for free.
The American dollar goes along way, when converted to a Kenya Shilling. The exchange rate is, $1 = 90.2000 Kenya Shillings. The cost for disposable Sanitary Napkins, outside of the village's, is around 50 Shilling's. The travel to get to the big city, to buy them, is another story.
As we enter the season of giving, think of the difference that even a simple $5 donation would make, to these girls. You can make a donation by clicking this link http://t.co/kehReeaX1I
To see this for yourself, visit YouTube and watch the video's that are posted, on the life of the young woman in Kenya. As a woman, I'm sure you will never take a feminine product for granted again. Together we can make a difference, any donation makes a difference for these girls.
A woman should not have to feel that it's a shame, to have a menstrual cycle, nor struggle for sanitary napkins, anywhere in the world, this day in age.
Next week, I will share with you, the many ways that the Malika Foundation and the Center for Disadvantaged Girls, Kenya, is making a difference.
Everyone Have a Happy Thanksgiving and remember, all that we have to be thankful for.
Bobbie
XoXoXo
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