Our reusable menstrual kits reach 198 girls across four Kenyan schools

This month we kept producing and distributing our Wings Poa reusable sanitary kits across our rural partner schools, and expanded the menstrual health surveys that help us find the girls who need support most.

We ran new surveys in five schools: Kalau DEB, Kiundwani, Kyamwei, Kyuluni, and Kyambusya Comprehensive Schools. The questionnaires help us understand the challenges girls face around their periods and decide where to focus next.

We then distributed Wings Poa kits to 198 girls across four schools: 31 at Nduluku, 28 at Miondoni, 66 at Makila, and 73 at Kionyweni Comprehensive Schools. That brings the total number of girls who now have a kit to 298. The kits mean girls can manage their periods with dignity and stay in school.

The funding mainly covered continued production of the kits, plus transport and coordination for the surveys and distributions. Beyond the girls receiving kits, the local women who sew them keep earning an income and building their tailoring skills.

Stigma around menstruation is still a challenge in some schools, and it can make girls hesitant to speak openly in our discussions and surveys. We'll keep running menstrual health education so girls feel safe sharing, and our next round of production and distribution will reach more of the schools we've just surveyed.