A public health worker, Patricia Nkem-Innocent has launched a Menstrual Hygiene Campaign to enlighten young ladies on its importance, News About Nigeria reports.
Patricia who is also the incumbent Students President at Communication and Democracy, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, the United Kingdom, launched the programme tagged “Menstrual hygiene and sexual health initiative” during the recently celebrated International Women’s Day, as part of her own little way of giving back to the young girls in society.
She noted that the campaign has become necessary due to the prevailing economic hardship in the country,which has forced many young girls to resort to the use of rags and other unsanitary materials as pads during menstruation.
She also lamented the high cost of female sanitary products, brought on by the rising inflation rate in Nigeria, noting that the high use of unsanitary materials as pads during menstruation, might bring about a wave of illnesses and diseases in future.
She, therefore, distributed free sanitary pads to 227 young girls in three cities of Warri, Abuja and Port-Harcourt that would sustain them for a minimum of three to four months, as part of her initiative.
“With the International Women’s Day 2024 theme being ‘Inspire Inclusion’ and the United Nations theme being ‘Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress,’ what better way to celebrate than to give back to our young girls.
“Today, two hundred and twenty-seven (227) girls in different parts of Nigeria including Warri, Abuja, and Port Harcourt, received free pads that would sustain them for a minimum of three to four months. ‘This is Nature Center Period’ campaign.
“This is my way of investing in our young girls. This is making a real difference in their lives and relieving a significant burden on their families,” she stated.
