Foundation sensitises women on menstrual hygiene, donates sanitary pads

The Messenger of Hope International Foundation, an NGO, on Monday educated women in Piakasa community of the FCT on menstrual hygiene and literacy. Mrs Chinwe Ogbujah, the founder of the organisation, told the Newsmen on the sidelines of the event that the outreach was an advocacy against period poverty. The event tagged: ‘Fight against Period Poverty and Menstrual Illiteracy,’ is the third edition within the FCT.

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She said: “We have been to Kabusa, Durumi and today we are in Piakasa community with the same message of menstrual health, and we are donating disposable sanitary pads to the participants. This outreach is divinely orchestrated and this is because, there’s little or no attention at all given to menstrual hygiene and it is the reason we are on this cause. We hope to give professional education on the topic because you will think that people know what to do on these issues, but they don’t. What they on is based know the knowledge acquired from others. However, they may not know the competence of the person that is transferring that knowledge to them,” she added.

Ogbujah further said that the outreach had so far impacted on over one thousand women in the three communities visited.

Appreciating her partners and sponsors, Ogbujah noted that it was the hope of the foundation to continue the cause and reach more women in different parts of the country.

Agbaji Ogah, a pharmacist, who spoke to participants on menstruation and the concept of ovulation circle, also underscored the importance of hygiene during the period.

He said that hygiene is a personal engagement which varied from person to person, adding that participants were opened to new and better ways of maintaining cleanliness during and after their monthly circle.

The foundation however, aims at intervention projects that will transform lives and keep hope alive, especially in rural communities. It also provides healthcare, intervention projects support in times of disaster and back to school projects among children in communities.

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