Orange Sierra Leone has continued the distribution of menstrual hygiene packs and educational talks on the management of menstrual cycles by schools girls across identified secondary schools in Freetown.
Monday 28th October, 2019 was the turn of the Ahmadiyya, Independence and St. Helena Secondary Schools all in the East of Freetown.
As usual, Head of CSR Orange Sierra Leone, Desmond Spaine and team highlighted the purpose for their visits to the various schools which according to him is to support the Government Free, Quality Education in the areas of effectively managing menstrual hygiene circles for girls.
The support he indicated, was consistent with the pledge of USD 1.5 million material support made by Orange Sierra Leone in August, 2018 when President Bio was launching the Free, Quality Education In Freetown.
The CSR Manager explained in detail the five other projects which the company would be rolling out later this year and how pupils and also teachers stand to benefit.
Abibatu of Girl Child Network Sierra Leone gave a short talk on how the pupils should manage their menstrual cycles and also entreated them to stay away from early sex and contraceptives.
She maintained that, an effective administration of their menstrual calendar would require them not to use contraceptives.
Cordelia of the Orange CSR team handed over one hundred reusable and highly scientifically tested menstrual hygiene packs to each of the three schools visited to the authorities. They encouraged the authorities to record the distribution of the hygiene packs in diaries for follow-up purposes.
All three school authorities lauded Orange Sierra Leone for the initiative and assured them that, they will effectively manage the consignments for their intended purposes.
The issue of keeping girls in schools during their menstrual cycles has been a key challenge for most schools around the country and the move by Orange Sierra Leone through Girl Child Network Sierra Leone to help school girls towards this direction in support of the Free, Quality Education was commended by many schools authorities.
The project which will run for the next five years will have to roll out 10,000 packs of menstrual hygiene packs in total to one hundred schools across Sierra Leone.