- At times they dig a HOLE at home and sit in it for the DURATION OF THEIR MENSTRUATION
- Girls try to stop the blood with DRY LEAVES, CHICKEN FEATHERS, SAND, SOIL, DUNG, NEWSPAPERS, PIECES OF RAG OR FOAM MATTRESSES
- GIRLS GET TEASED AT SCHOOL when they soil their clothes with blood
- FORCED INTO SEX for sanitary products
- 25% OF ABSENCE TO SCHOOL due to their menstruation
- 30% OF GIRLS DROP OUT OF SCHOOL due to their menstruation
- Lack of sanitary pads which results in CHILD MARRIAGE AND YOUNG PREGNANCY
- HIGH MOTHER AND CHILD MORTALITY RATE as well as infection and disease
- 80% of their population living in rural areas and only ONE DOCTOR FOR EVERY 50,000 PEOPLE
- Girls need WOMEN’S HEALTH EDUCATION