Keep a girl in school all year for $12

Over the cause of 2024, we have continued to work with FUDA Primary School to ensure in Adjumani District to ensure girls do not miss school or drop out of school due to lack of menstrual health kits. We provided the school with an assortment of menstrual health kits including Jerricans, Soap, Emergency Sanitary Pads that are kepy in the school for emergency use by the girls while at school.

'We are so happy to Voice for Humanity Uganda for this very inportant partnership we have had over the years with them. As a school we do not have any budget to ensure we have Emernecy Menstrual Kits kept as school. So it has been a very big challenge for me as a school mentron because many girls come to me when they see their periods wanting some emergency help BUT i have not been able to support them. They end up going back home and sometimes you dont see them again coming back to school forever. This is going to help the girls so mcuh and ensure we as aschool are always prepared to meet their menstruation needs'. Said Miss Margaret the school Metron of Fuda

With this kind of support, the school reported that in the entire 2024, they have not witnessed any girl drop out of school due to menstrual kits challenge because they are always assured to support from school. Fuda Primary School currently has a total enrolment of about 750 students. 47% are females. 

This is only possible through the kind donations from partners like you. Thank you for your continued believe and support in empowering refugee girls in Adjumani.

''I would have dropped out off school  and may be having two or  more children by now if it was not because of the sanitary kits that you people of #vfhuganda have been consitently providing me with since my primary five class three years ago upto date''. Jane, 17 year old who is now preparing to sit for her final primary leaving national exams in 2024.

Keeping girls in school and ensuring they complete their primary level schooling with good grades has been  our key objectives of the Menstrual Health and Keep a girl in School program among refugee girls at Adjumani. We do this by consistently supplying sanitary kits and providing menstrual health education to primary school girls of reproductive age. Working with the Adminstration of Fuda and other Primary Schools since 2019, we have been able to support over 8000 young girls across Adjumani with monthly supplies of menstrual kits and education which has since seen many girls enroling and completing their primary school education. We have also realised an improvement in the academic grades of these girls compared to years before our program interventions.

For example, in 2023, Fuda as one of the primary schools where we provide this program registered 10% increase in the number of girls who enroled and completed their primary school while there was 20% registered improvement in the grades among girls that we supported and sat for the final primary leaving national examinations.

Jane, represents hundreds of refugee girls that have withstood the temptations of early marriages due to family poverty and pressure of inability to meet the basics for comfortable studies at school. By engaging boys in our menstrual talks, there has been a reduced bulling and stigma from boys on girls and the boys are now supportive to girls in school rather than belittle and insult them. This has improved the confidence of the girls even during periods.

Its your generous giving that has given girls like Jane a reason to be resilient and keep pursuing their dreams in the midst of social and economic challenges they face as refugee girls. We are grateful for your partnership and giving these vulnerable girls an opportunity to become great leaders of South Sudan.

We would be grateful if you could kindly share this project with your family, friends and associates so we can continue reaching out to many more refugee girls like Jane.

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