Zamani Foundation, a Non Governmental Organization with the support of the United Nations Population Funds (UNPF), has distributed over 110 customized dignity bags containing sanitary pads, pants, soap, hand sanitiser, liquid soap and torch light to adolescent girls in Kaduna.
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While presenting the items, President of the Foundation, Mrs Talatu Henry said, 110 adolescent girls who benefited from the items were drawn from different communities in the rural areas, the IDPs and Sabo community of Kaduna South.
Mrs Talatu also demonstrated to the girls on how they could use the reusable pads and as well, showcased the contents in the bags.
The President further explained that, the items were given to the foundation by their partners UNPF to distribute to the adolescent beneficiaries.
Speaking also at the event, a volunteer, Mrs Christy Makama, who spoke in place of the representative of the UNPF lectured the girls on menstrual hygiene.
Makama advised the girls on the need to always take their bath regularly especially during menstruation.
According to her, personal hygiene should be the watch word and they should always be neat during menstruation and after their menstral period.
