Moving from strength to strength, Dr. Stella Nyanzi’s pads for girls citizen movement has received a huge boost after two more producers of low-cost sanitary pads joined efforts to support the movement.
“Two more local producers of low-cost sanitary pads are partnering with #Pads4GirlsUg to give free sanitary pads to poor girls so that they do not miss school during menstruation. These two local providers are joining Eco-Pads which supplied us with low-cost re-useable sanitary pads and Sweet Day which provided low-cost disposable sanitary pads. The two new partners are AfriPads and Shuya Pads”, she revealed the development on Facebook.
The companies donated pads to the cause
“The Managing Director of Shuya Pads donated three cartons of patented ANION disposable sanitary pads as well as samples of Shuya panty-liners”, the post further stated.
Dr. Stella Nyanzi’s remarkable mobilisation and fundraising skills as seen the campaign gain national interest after appearance on NBS interview. The campaign is also donations through crowd sourcing page, go fund me which has registered $2,357 (about Shs8.4m) from 63 people by the time of writing this.
She started this campaign after the government revealed it had no funds to honour its promise of providing free pads to school girls.