Funding provided by: CIDA-SIGEP

Often times the seemingly insurmountable problems that developing countries face can have simply, yet effective solutions. The main problem is typically the lack of adequate funds and the implementation of appropriate procedures. However, in the case of African girls missing out on their education due to poor menstrual practices, the solution can be as simple as providing them with feminine products and installing incinerators on their school grounds. For decades African girls have been cursed by their menstrual cycles and menstruation at some point in their social exclusion and disempowerment. All females experience menstruation at some point in their lives, but many African girls do not know enough about their bodies and end up practicing poor menstrual management. African adolescents simply do not know the natural process that their bodies go through during menstruation; they are not informed about how to keep themselves healthy and confident...