I was on my Twitter account and came across a tweet by an
organisation requesting help to donate sanitary pads and tampons to girls who
cannot afford them, particularly those in the Mamelodi area, Pretoria. It got my attention. So much so that I wish I had thought of it
first.
Now, for some girls, your period is a stressful 4 – 7 days. The cramps and other sore awkward places are not
fun at all. For some, it is so bad that they take a week break away from life
to lie in foetal position and ponder why you're being punished for not being pregnant. Now imagine if, along with that drama, you didn't even have sanitary
pads to get you through it. Nobody deserves
that.
It is very easy to not think that there are such problems in
the world. It is easy because as
females, we stroll down the supermarket aisle, assessing and scrutinizing what
each product offers. Cotton cover, aloe
vera, 8 hour protection, long, thin, thick, silent wrappers… and the list goes
on. We sit in groups dissing how
ones choice is much too bulky, or how the applicator is a retarded
mechanism. First world problems.
There are girls who use pieces of cloths. There are those that opt for toilet or news paper. None of these choices are ideal,
to say the very least. Not only unhygienic, but also quite unsafe
and difficult to manage. Some girls miss
out on school, and this reduces their quality of life. A period is a week long, that is a quarter of a
month, and a quarter of your life, basically.
Because of all those reasons and more, I have decided to
join in on the campaign, and hope to pull in as many people as I can. I hope the drive gets so big that we reach
out to more than just Mamelodi. There is
a large area to cover.
So this blog is to try to get everyone involved. Tweet me, Facebook, email, comment below- whatever your data balance allows. Gentlemen I'm asking you too. These are women who need your help. Just as an idea to guide you, incase you aren't clued up, a packet of pads is about R20 for
10. A girl needs about 2 packets per
period.
Donations are welcome in all sorts of ways: a single pad or
tampon, or a whole packet. Cash too. Come on, use your PicknPay Smart Shopper points, you wont even feel the dent.
Thanks!
Ntsako
@ntsako_m
Follow the organisation on Twitter @mbewuorg. their email: mbewuorg@gmail.com
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