Menstrual Hygiene: Adolescent IDP Girls Receive Pads

Some adolescent Internally Displaced-IDP girls in the Bonaberi neighbourhood of Douala IV have been sensitised on menstrual hygiene.  The activity carried out by the Bringing Hearts Together –BHeT NGO was in line with Menstrual Hygiene Day celebrated every May 28. During the sensitization talk on June 4, 2022 in Bonaberi, the adolescent IDP girls also received sanitary pads. Often during menstruation, some women are stigmatised and are not allowed into certain gatherings of to carry out certain activities because they are considered unclean.
Against this backdrop, the representative of Bringing Hearts Together Organisation, Mrs Eileen Sama disclosed that the Menstrual Hygiene Day observed every year is meant to advance menstruation as a biological process so that people can menstruate without being cast out or missing out, without feeling fear or shame and without being treated like less or exposed to more vulnerabilities.
Commemorated on the theme “ Making Menstruation a Normal Way of life by 2030”, she went on, it also raises awareness of period poverty, or the inability to afford the menstrual supplies needed to manage health and hygiene with dignity. She further explained that among activities to support menstrual health and hygiene, BHeT reaches out to people who menstruate with education, and dignity kits containing essentials like soap, menstrual supplies, and underwear.
During her education talk, she explained to the young girls that menstruation is the process in which the uterus sheds blood and tissue through the vagina. This is a natural and healthy process for girls and women of reproductive age. It typically lasts 2 to 5 days, but this varies by individual. &ldqu...