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World Service,1 min
Keeping girls in school with the help of homemade reusable sanitary pads
Focus on AfricaAvailable for over a year
How communities in central Uganda are learning to make reusable sanitary pads in order to make 'that time of the month' more comfortable for girls in school. The Âé¶¹Éç's Patience Atuhaire has been hearing about a local initiative which is teaching not only schoolgirls, but their brothers, mothers and fathers, how to make the pads. (Photo: An example of a locally made reusable sanitary pad in central Uganda. Credit: Âé¶¹Éç)
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