Gcina: Keeping our girls dreams alive

Gcina “Keeping our girls dreams alive” (NPO Reg: 172-023) was established with the pure intensions of assisting the
disadvantaged school teenagers by providing free sanitary towels.
A research that was conducted by some of our board members in trying to understand some of the issues that resulted from girls dropping out from school, shown that some teenagers miss school on an average of five school days a month due to menstrual cycles as they cannot afford sanitary towels. That is an approximate two months each year. To remain in class some are using unhygienic alternatives such as old rugs, socks filled with sand, news papers, grass, leaves, and etc. Women who use cloths are often too embarrassed to dry them in the sun, which means they don't get disinfected.
This results in numerous diseases such as uterine and bladder cancer and can also affect maternal mortality.