the issue is whether the pads reach the right beneficiaries ama ni kama the bursaries some of which ended paying fees of undeserving beneficiaries

For me improvising or adopting an existing method of making reusable pads should not be a big issue.

With the county government in place I wish to propose that they take up the matter, establish cottage industries in some homes and have the mamas make the items. This will have many benefits......Create employment for the mamas, keep the girls in school thus reduce early pregnancies,create a ready market for the raw materisls and of course provide the pads cheaper.

This I trust will help especially the hard hit remote areas.

Already in Kibera we have someone who manufactures them and she csn be used to train a select few in every county who can then train others.

Finally allow me to say this is a patental respondibility that should not be pushed to gaarment.Just like we fend for their food,let us also fend for those necessities.

It is a good opening to discuss sexuality with the kids in a responsible way! BTW anything that impedes education of children/youth is a garment responsibility, this is discussed in too many economics books even from 18th century BC. If we buy the army underwear to secure ourselves, why not buy these girls (who have already been born poor) pads?

Am in complete agreement. Women have been having monthly periods since the beginning of time. "Always" has only been around for a few years so to sensationalize a problem that has always existed with the intent to suggest that the only solution is "Always" is misleading. The leather strap the girl borrows is a local solution that can be improved upon. I can imagine it would be more comfortable if it was made of cotton and stuffed with absorbent material like foam and can be rewashed. I do not think this is something that would even require industries, just education. With the proper education, needle, thread and some material any girl should be able to fashion a garment that would serve the purpose.

These are sensational stories that best serve the interests of Procter and Gamble rather than address the real problem. I am sure you could make up a story about the suffering of those children who do not have pampers, or shoes, or a flushing toilet.

This thing is irritating,disturbing and uncomfortable to well 'equipped with pads' girls,so how much more those without?
I have seen improvised ones and trust me they can be extremely embarrassing in case of.... It's reason girls opt to stay away from school.Just imagine what would happen in times of sports? hygiene? odours? you need to be a girl to really feel their pain and stress-how abt infections and irritations? do they even have abundant water to take care of this?

The boys nkt. don't make it any easier- This stage is too sensitive for a girl and any embarrasment can traumatise her for a very loong time even a lifetime.

I read that women of old used to sit on a hole all through the time they were on ps.