A survey was done 3 months after the distribution of O-PADS at Burema Secondary school (Kanungu) on 24/09/2014 and it showed that there were no more pad thefts in the school after all the 131 girls at Burema Secondary were given O-PADS. School attendance for the girls in boarding section changed significantly from 64 boarders in the first term to 82 boarders in the second term and 87 boarders in the third term. The girls said before the distribution of O-Pads they were not comfortable being boarders since at home they use rags which cannot be used at school. More surveys on the impact of O-Pads will be done in 2015 at Makhill Girls’ Vocational School (200 girls given O-Pads), Nyamiyaga Secondary School (100 girls) and Nyakabungu Girls’ School (310 girls). These are Schools in Kanungu district where O-PADS were donated.
O-Pads are made by a group of women and young girls being mentored under the programme and they earn an income. O-Pads deliver the pads to the girls at no extra charge. The pads are used for at least a year. This relieves the parents from the monthly sanitary pad costs for a whole year as they cater to the other needs of the family. As a result, the girls stay in school with no menstrual related absenteeism. The community gets better educated girls and there are fewer drop outs. O-Pads is also a mentoring and skills training group that hosts O-Clubs in schools where girls are using O-Pads. O-Talks on various topics like hygiene, etiquette, and entrepreneurship are conducted and during the holiday skills such as pottery, jewelry making, vegetable growing, and computer knowledge are passed on to the students.
"I would like to see that there is no young girl or woman disempowered by the simple biological process of a menstruation period." - Pamela, Founder
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O-Pads are made by a group of women and young girls being mentored under the programme and they earn an income. O-Pads deliver the pads to the girls at no extra charge. The pads are used for at least a year. This relieves the parents from the monthly sanitary pad costs for a whole year as they cater to the other needs of the family. As a result, the girls stay in school with no menstrual related absenteeism. The community gets better educated girls and there are fewer drop outs. O-Pads is also a mentoring and skills training group that hosts O-Clubs in schools where girls are using O-Pads. O-Talks on various topics like hygiene, etiquette, and entrepreneurship are conducted and during the holiday skills such as pottery, jewelry making, vegetable growing, and computer knowledge are passed on to the students.
"I would like to see that there is no young girl or woman disempowered by the simple biological process of a menstruation period." - Pamela, Founder
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