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- Give A Girl Child A pad
- Health Talk on Sex Education
- Donation of First aid boxes to these schools.
The thing is, I am actually really passionate about the girl child and educating Nigerian Children. The girl child is powerful and possesses unique traits and characteristics that makes her not only a woman but a force to be reckoned with.
Sanitary pads are an unaffordable luxury for countless girls and this has resulted in them using unsafe and unsanitary measures to meet their needs.
Some of these measures includes; improvising from old clothes, using handkerchiefs, tissues, retrieving and recycling used disposable pads.As a result of these, some of them are unable to concentrate in school or engage in school activities because of the fear of soiling their their uniforms and being talked about in school. The goal of this project were as follows;
- Project GIVE A GIRL A PAD, will support underprivileged girls in selected school within Ikeja LGA, with sanitary pads as this is a necessity but has become unaffordable due to inflation in price of the commodity and probably the standard of living.
- This project will give underprivileged girls an equal chance to compete and lead a fulfilled life.
- Teach them how to use sanitary pads which improves a girl child education
- To create a sense of girl/women empowerment to the young girl generation.
- Help build up confidence and high self esteem which will reduce shame about puberty and their bodies.
- Educate both male and female students on sex, the importance of abstinence and the risks involved in having sex.
- The first aid boxes donated were to ensure the safety of students and staff members.
Moving on, I submitted all the letters to my Local Government Inspector and schools but only one school responded of the three schools I reached out to but didn’t let that discourage me and that was another stressful part of the project as I had to go get approval from the Education district. My project was approved and I had to get to work as soon as possible. Throughout the cause of this project, I did all the running around myself so you can imagine the stress involved, also considering the fact that anything Nysc or Nigeria is usually stressful. I’m happy I did all myself because it really showed me how much strength I had, how much I could push myself and what I could achieve.
The next step was to go buy all the sanitary pads and other materials. I’m really grateful to my mother. We went to Lagos Island market together and bought everything also with the help of my sister. It was really stressful and rained heavily that day but I felt fulfilled and happy doing it.
The D day came and I got to the school. I had mixed feelings and really wanted the day to go well. To the glory of God, it went well.
My Friend Dr. Oyidia talked to the girls about menstruation, menstrual hygiene management while I demonstrated to the girls how to use sanitary pads. My colleague Dr Owoyale talked to the girls and boys on sex education and it was really amazing as it was also very interactive.
I’m grateful to everyone that came to support me that day my sister, photographers and friends. I’m really glad I was determined and pushed myself to get this done despite all the challenges and by God’s grace, even after NYSC, I’ll do more.
After the project, I also left some packs of sanitary pads at the sickbay for the girls.
The funds left from the one raised will be used to support organizations trying to raise funds to buy sanitary pads for the girls and women. About a week ago, I had the opportunity to speak to prison inmates at Kirikiri Female Prison Lagos on menstrual hygiene management and also support the organization that invited me with a token from the funds raised for my project. Trust me guys, I was nervous as hell but I’m glad it went well.
To God be the glory and thanks to every single person that supported either by donating, sharing or encouraging me. I’m really grateful and happy.
Thanks for visiting and see y’all in my next post. Cheers!!
Photography SEANSHOTIT and PHALOREY_STUDIOS.
God bless you for this Bukky… You just did something I have envisioned to do and did it awesomely. I pray God uplift you for greater deeds. Thanks for the push! I'm certainly taking a step soon.
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