World Menstrual Day: Foundation Empowers 200 Students

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Edun Muinat Eniola (EME) has sensitised students on menstrual cycle hygiene to alleviate poverty among the less-privileged homes.

Besides, the group also empowered over 200 students during the programme at Ikeja Grammar School, Lagos organised to mark the International Day on Menstrual Hygiene.

This year’s Menstrual Hygiene Day had the theme, ‘Reusable Pads: Means of Ending Period Poverty,’ which was designed by the foundation to educate girls and empower them in taking care of their menstrual cycle without financial difficulty.

At the event, the convener, Edun Muinat Eniola said the sensitisation programme and empowerment came against the backdrop of “the issue of poverty that surrounds the menstrual cycle.”

She said  based on this, an alternative way of procuring menstrual pads through the use of Ankara with thread and needle becomes desirable.

“With the use of thread and needle, they can also get used Ankara and tailoring materials. All these will help to make use of reusable pads and address poverty,’’ she said.

Also, the resource guest at the event, Aderonke Oyelakin, who expressed delight in celebrating the occasion with the students, said the  programme had “to do with how our girls take care of their personal hygiene.”