Schoolgirls at Sitintile Secondary School were overjoyed when the Imbumba Foundation donated some much-needed dignity packs that will last them for at least six months.

The Imbumba Foundation’s Caring4Girls initiative celebrated World Menstrual Hygiene Day by visiting the school and teaching the girls about menstrual hygiene on May 26.

The foundation was joined by representatives from Comfitex, who conducted a menstrual hygiene dialogue and also distributed sanitary pads.
Richard Mabaso, the campaign’s founder, said its aim is to create a world where no one is held back.

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“We want girls to live in communities in which menstruation can be managed safely, hygienically, with confidence and without shame.
The accessibility and affordability of products should no longer be an obstacle, and period stigma should become a thing of the past,” Mabaso said.

The programme included professional menstrual hygiene practitioners and inspirational speakers, who engaged the young women in conversation about their menstrual challenges.

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Mabaso said the initiative was founded after overhearing a conversation between his mother and niece about the misconceptions and stigmas associated with menstruation.

Since its inception, it supported over 1.8m indigent girls across the country with sanitary towels, puberty education and menstrual hygiene, to keep them in school.