Hope Without Borders Foundation (HWBF), a non- governmental organisation dedicated to improving lives of the most vulnerable in the society has intensified its menstrual hygiene campaign.
Founder of the NGO, Mrs Queen Babafemi Aina, advised women and girls on good health if they must contribute meaningfully to themselves and the country.
She stated Thursday when the Foundation, in partnership with Pad Up Africa Initiative, carried out a sensitisation/donation visit to a disabled community in Kuchigoro, Airport Road, in Abuja, that the outreach was aimed at knowing how the rural women fare in post-natal condition.
She said most women in rural communities use unhealthy materials during menstruation due to their poor economic status, adding that there was the need to alleviate the untold hardship faced by the less privileged, particularly the disabled.
“We found out that some women do have infection during post-natal period due to the material they use while some bleed after birth because they cannot afford sanitary pads, and that is why we are sensitising and donating re-usable pads to them,” she said.
She called on government and other stakeholders to come to the aid of people with disabilities, lamenting that they need more intervention due to their physical condition.
The founder, Pad Up Africa, Ashley Lori, also stated the need for women to go green with reusable sanitary pads, adding that it is hygienic, more affordable, sustainable and durable.
Lori said the Pad Up Africa Initiative was creating the awareness for the girl child to enable them save cost and keep tidy during menstruation.
“We are going to train the women in the community from the four geopolitical zones in Nigeria, on how to make the reusable sanitary pads to empower them with the machines and materials so that it could serve as a source of income for them,” she said.
Earlier, head of disabled persons in Abuja and chief of the community, Alhaji Suleiman Katsina, decried the discrimination and lack of basic amenities they face on daily basis because of their disability status.
“We have electricity wiring and transformer but we do not have light, no hospital and no good road. Majority of our children do not go to school because we cannot afford to pay their school fees,” he said.
