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Hope for Children and Women Foundation trainer Majak Ngor told the press in an interview that senior women teachers, head teachers, youth and PTA women members received the training.
Majak said his organisation is implementing the Netherlands Development organization funded project to reduce school drop outs by girls as a result of poor menstrual hygiene management.
“We train these teachers as trainers to share the knowledge on the necessities, concept and components of menstrual hygiene management and its effects.
He added that the trainees are expected to engage adolescents and parents in Menstrual HygieneManagement which involves production of re-usable sanitary pads.
“We are planning to form school health clubs to provide guidance and counseling to both girls and boys on hygiene management to avoid bullying of those in menstrual periods”, said Majak.
A female facilitator, Atim Veronica, cited high school dropout rates as a selection criterion of areas for implementation of the project whose aim is to retain girls at school until they complete studies.
She disclosed that a recent survey conducted by SNV in the state revealed that enrolment is mainly concentrated at lower classes with upper classes having fewer pupils, especially girls with higher dropoutsrecorded significantly.
The study, according to Atim indicated that in some of classes, especially from primary five to eight, Kapoeta East, Kapoeta South and Lopa/Lafon schools have lowest number of school-going girls in comparison to other regions in the state.
She noted that menstrual hygiene management is one of the issues linked to this high rates of dropouts as it is regarded as a big secret and taboo and men were not completely supposed to know.
“The study shows that the approaches together with materials used by many girls and women in menstrual hygiene management in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan, could be the worst in the world”, she added.
“Most women and school going girls reported to be using goat’s skin, bark cloth, soil, rags, pieces of mattress, digging holes on the ground, leaves of trees and traditional herbs” she said.
Atim said introduction of re-usable pads will help improve menstrual hygiene management and increase girls’ enrolment in schools.
Magwi payam women chairperson, Aketo Grace Otto, a trainee in the programme said the re-usable pads will help girls and women who cut blankets and rugs to use for pads.
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