The Sanitary Aid Initiative
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Providing period products&menstrual hygiene education for women&girls with less access.0773917860 (Sanitary Aid Initiative) Access Bank. 70,000 pads distributed
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No matter how little , your donations has the power to help Nigerian women and girls who can’t afford sanitary pads 🤍
Kindly support us by donating to our account details below ⬇️
0773917860 (Sanitary Aid Initiative) Access Bank
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Period poverty affects an estimated 500 million people WORLDWIDE.
Period poverty is a bigger problem on the African continent, so many people cannot afford sanitary items and are forced to use cloths and rags.
For some women, the cost of menstruation is missing out on life.
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Today,
@freesanitarypad
visited the Women’s Maximum Prison, KiriKiri, Lagos. We got to talk with them about rehabilitation and the issues they face both in and out of prison. We can’t post images because the inmates identities have to be protected. (1)
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At
@freesanitarypad
, we believe every girl deserves access to sanitary products and period stigma needs to stop!
Interested in donating towards this? Send us a DM today, we’d love to talk to you.
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This year, our goal is to reach 1,000 girls EVERY month with sanitary hygiene products and education. Please view our GoFundMe page, donate and RT
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Over 6 million girls in Nigeria do not have access to Menstrual hygiene products; our organization started to ensure we provide these products all over the country. Our current goal is 1,000 girls a month, please support our cause and RT
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On the 4th of December 2023, we visited a secondary school in Ibadan where we held an….
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On Friday 27th September, our SANG rep Funmi, assisted by
@duchesskk
visited The Benenden School in England to talk about period poverty and menstrual hygiene matters. The girls were educated on our work
@SANGand
the importance of everyone playing their part to end period poverty
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Please watch and share
@duchesskk
’s interview at Pulse to discuss the work we do at SANG
The founder of Sanitary Aid Initiative
@freesanitarypad
, Kara Omu was at Pulse HQ where she talked about how she started the sanitary aid initiative and her challenges
#PulseOneOnOne
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Re-usable pads are sustainable and last up to 4 years and our goal as always is to reduce/eliminate period poverty and shame for the Nigerian girl/woman.
We are thankful to
@AVONHMO
for their support in empowering and getting
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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SANG visited two schools in Jos yesterday.
First we visited Government secondary school, Bukuru, Jos and reached a 100 girls. Re-useable pads were distributed and the girls were taught how to use and clean them as awell as general period hygiene.
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It’s our hope this news will come out of Nigeria soon!
#sanitaryaidforNigeriangirls
low income women in scotland will now be provided with free sanitary products
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We are getting ready for next week's dispatch. Here we have N400,000 worth of Sanitary Pads for 1,168 girls
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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Is period syncing a real thing? Have you experienced it? Let’s talk about periods.
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“Female specific issues are rarely seen as mainstream, period conversations are seen as taboo topics or not seen as a serious issue but it should as it affects half of the population.” -
@kikimordi
,
@DocumentWomen
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Our goal is to end 2023 with more outreaches in low-income communities in Nigeria to support women and girls there with enough pads that they need to have comfortable and dignified periods.
Your donations, no matter how little, can help us achieve that goal.
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Founder of
@freesanitarypad
, Karo Omu (
@duchesskk
) features on
@bellanaija
and talks about the work that we do at SANG.
Please DM is if you’d like to support our cause. Remember ALL donations are welcome! 💕💕
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PhotoSpeak:
Yesterday at Unity High School, Oshodi to celebrate
#InternationalDayoftheGirlChild
in collaboration with
@AVONHMO
Re-useable pads were distributed to the amazing young ladies as well as sensitization of proper menstrual hygiene and how to use the pad kits. (1)
To celebrate&commemorate
#InternationalDayoftheGirl
, SANG, in collaboration with
@AVONHMO
for their
#PurpleLipsChallenge
, are sensitizing and distributing sanitary items to the young ladies at Unity High School, Oshodi. Follow this thread for updates
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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Good day Nigeria.
We are very excited to announce that we have successfully sent 2000 pads to Borno state.
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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Hiiiii
Please if you are having problems donating to our account, you can use our Paystack link also 💕💕
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Please spare a thought for women and girls from low income homes and displaced people who have little or no access to clean water and sanitary items.
Please support us in getting them sanitary aid via the following:
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Our heartfelt thanks goes out to everyone who has and continues to support us and speaks out about our cause.
We are committed to getting
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
and will continue to do more.
To donate:
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Hello Ladies.
Let’s talk periods.
Ever had irregular periods? Has your period not shown up when it should? Should you be worried when your period isn’t on time?
Reply this tweet with your experience and the cause of this(these) irregularities.
#PeriodTalk
#PeriodHealth
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Yesterday, 110 girls in St Helen’s Anglican grammer school, Pankshin, Plateau state received menstrual hygiene education and reusable pads. Coordinated by
@duchesskk
’s Mum &
@urbanjosgal
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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On Friday 9th March, SANG visited and distributed 150 pads in Igbide, Isoko south local government, Delta state.
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In 2023 alone, we were able to donate over 15,000 pads to over 7,000 women and girls in Nigeria.
With your support, we can reach much more communities and more women all over Nigeria.
To support us, all you have to do is….
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Today is a good day to support our cause and help in getting
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
.
We welcome donations of sanitary items as well as monetary donations:
Sanitary Aid Initiative
0773917860 Access Bank
Or
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On Friday 8th Nov, SANG in collaboration with Legend Hotel Lagos Airport (Curio Collection by Hilton) visited Gbagada Senior Grammar School, Shomolu to sensitize and distribute sanitary items to the young ladies of the school.
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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Hiiiiii guys!
In the spirit of talking periods and all things bloody, we were wondering, just how much do you still not know about periods and how it affects your bodies.
Care to take part in our Tuesday Period Trivia??? (Thread)
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For
#MenstrualHygieneDay2021
we would like to distribute pads and sensitize girls and women in low income communities or public schools outside Lagos and Abuja.
Kindly REPLY with a location that you think would benefit from this.
Thank you 💕💕
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More images from Ajegunle...
And did we mention, we have the most amazing people on our team (Mide, Tife and Cynthia) doing a smashing job and having so much fun while at it.
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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218 girls in Ibadan are now period positive, thanks to your donations and support. 🙏🏾
We still need to reach more communities where there is little to no menstrual hygiene awareness and education. With your…..
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Together we can end period poverty and achieve menstrual equity.
Join
@SanitaryAidNG
in taking action to ensure that Nigerian women and girls are provided free and easy access to period products — because no one should have to miss out on an education because of their period.
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Yesterday, SANG visited Junior secondary Byazhin, Kubwa, Abuja and we were able to sensitize a 100 girls and distribute reusable pad kits to them.
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Menstrual Hygiene Day is an annual awareness day on May 28 to highlight the importance of good menstrual hygiene management. In line with its objective to break taboos surrounding menstruation, raise awareness of the importance of good menstrual hygiene management worldwide (1)
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Hiiiii everyone.
It’s
#WellnessWednesday
and today we’ll be talking about Vaginal Health after birth, especially if you had an episiotomy.
Follow this thread, lovelies.
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We say YES to pocket-friendly and easy-to-purchase period products in Nigeria.✊🏾
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“We do not have any data on a lot of women’s issues like period poverty and we are passionate about women being included and documented.” -
@kikimordi
,
@DocumentWomen
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Hello guys, this is
@freesanitarypad
’s entry for the GTBank
#SimpleChangeBigImpact
initiative. This is a chance for 20 ideas to receive a funding of N1,000,000 to create change in our communities.
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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SANG had a successful outreach at Majidun community in Ikorodu, in collaboration with DreamNuture foundation, the organization behind
@dreamcatchersDA
to celebrate menstrual hygiene day. 100 girls were sensitized and received reusable sanitary pads.
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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If you get clots during your period, this video explains why.
Credit
@drsimi_a
via IG
Kindly repost to someone who might need to see this ❤️
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We are overwhelmed by all the love and thankful to everyone who voted for us in the
@gtbank
#SimpleChangeBigImpact
challenge. We couldn’t have done it without you!!! From all of us at SANG, we are saying a very big hearty THANK YOU!!!! 💕
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Yesterday, SANG journeyed to Enugu in South-Eastern Nigeria to sensitize and distribute sanitary items to students in TransEkulu Girls High School.
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“This one is for women doing great things, women on their way to and women yet to figure where their greatness lies...
Go on and conquer territories. “
Happy Int’l Women’s Day to our amazing team (CCd and tagged)
@duchesskk
@Cyntheeya
@gabriellascott
@BlaqieChan_
@alexajohara
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Click this link to buy a customizable
@freesanitarypad
mug to help raise money to get
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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400 girls were educated on period health&hygiene while emphasizing the do's and don'ts of reusable pads. The girls were also taught about self esteem(menstruation is normal for girls)& how their behavior &feelings during menstruation can be a affected by hormones in their bodies.
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We (represented by
@mideblack
) partnered with the NYSC Social Welfare CDS group in Lagos Island. We visited Dolphin Senior High School, reached and sensitized 90 girls and distributed 130 pads.
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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The girls thank
@freesanitarypad
and
@gtbank
very much for giving them free pads and a number of them suggested that it should be free across Nigeria in the long run.
We are very thankful especially to
@gtbank
and to everyone who supported and helped us win this challenge!
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Good morning Nigeria.
This is why we need help to do more! You can donate to our cause, send us a DM today.
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
HELP: Girls missing school five days a month, as inflation doubles prices of sanitary pads | TheCable
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Dear
@CopaFemme
,
All of us at SANG send a heartfelt Thank You for your generous donation and we are very thrilled to have your support. Through your donation we’ll able to accomplish and continue working towards our goal of
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirl
. (1)
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If only periods came with On/Off switches..
#periods
#period
#periodproblems
#periodmemes
#periodpositive
#sanitaryaidfornigeriangirls
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We did the thing in Ekiti State, Nigeria 😍
We visited CAC grammar school Efon Alaye, Ekiti state, educated 600 secondary school girls about their menstrual health and distributed pads to each and every one of them.
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On the 9th May, SANG reps were at Oyiza foster foundation, NTC Road, Oke-ado, Ibadan and Sabo community, Oyo State. Due to the pandemic, items weren’t handed to the girls and women directly but it was a successful outreach all things considered.
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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“Investing in girls is a moral imperative - a matter of basic justice and equality.” - Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General
As we celebrate
#DayOfTheGirl
2018, let us remember that the girl child is NOT any less because she’s female and has the same capacity to do things!
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SANG visited Ajegunle on the 20th and we reached 15 girls and women. Pads were distributed and we dialogues with them on menstrual hygiene and issues.
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Menstrual literacy for all is possible!
Kindly repost if you agree. ❤️
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For too many, there is little to no access to sanitary products, safe, hygienic spaces in which to use them, and the right to manage menstruation without shame or stigma.
This is essential and with your support, we’ve been able to achieve this and get
#sanitaryaidforNigerianGirls
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To volunteer, please send us a DM with your name, contact information and state of residence and we’ll be happy to contact you when we need volunteers in your state of residence.
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A move worthy of emulation!!!!
We need the government to understand the importance of this action and hopefully Nigeria can be next.
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From all of us at SANG, we are saying a big thank you to everyone who has supported us in one way or another and made this possible. This is how far we have come in 1 year&4 months.
We want to do more, if you’d like to support us, please send us a DM. We’d love to talk to you💕
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In collaboration with
@aramiessentials
, Sanitary Aid visited Omole Senior Grammar School outreach for International Women's Day on the 9th of March 2020.
One Key learning from this outreach is how much stigma is still attached to periods and reusable options.
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Yesterday, SANG in collaboration with
@AVONHMO
were at Gaskia College, Ijora Badia, Lagos, in an effort to not only improve sanitary hygiene but also ensure that access to education is unimpeded as part of the
#InternationalDayoftheGirlChild
and Avon’s
#PurpleLipsChallenge
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Period poverty is REAL and it’s happening around you now!
Thousands of girls do not have access to sanitary items/hygiene education. Please watch&share this short video by SANG and
@infonaija
on this very important subject. Ask us how you can get
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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We are very delighted to partner with
@CopaFemme
; we believe in their vision to break stereotypes of girls in sports, creating a safe space for women to have fun and showcase their talent. Thank you for committing to our cause to get
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
💕💕
CopaFemme will be partnering with
@SanitaryAidNG
, donating profit to them to get sanitary pads to Nigerian girls in IDP camps & Public schools
#CopaFemme19
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“It’s been a great honor to do this work and to continue to do it. Thank you to our host and panelist, everyone who has supported our work, and
@DocumentWomen
for supporting the research” -
@duchesskk
in conclusion
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We also visited Zambiri Orphanage School in Jos, reached a 100 girls and distributed 100 reuable pads.
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The goal is to build a Nigeria where no girl would have to choose between food and menstrual pads ❤️
You too can join the fight against period poverty by padding 5 girls and women in need with as low as one thousand Naira!
All you have to do is….
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This is a sad and painful reality for women and girls from low-income areas who turn to using rags, leaves and tissue as they can’t afford to buy hygienic period products.
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Most of the issues were on the prison reform systems, their re-entry into the world and the stigmatization they face. They learned about reusable sanitary pads which some of them are interested in since it's sustainable and will favor those starting life again after prison. (2)
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SANG visited the Female Correctional Centre in Idi Araba and donated 100 pads. Photographing the recipients isn’t allowed but we were able to sensitize them about menstrual health and hygiene.
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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Were you at
#HERtitude23
last week?
Well, our team was there and came up with the brilliant idea of installing a sanitary pad dispenser in the toilets.
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TGIF!!!
Please join us, in collaboration with
@TheDestinyTrust
, at 9am this Saturday 24th November on a medical outreach to homeless children!! We would love to have you with us tomorrow 💕💕
#HandsOfCare
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Members of the
@freesanitarypad
team currently in Ajegunle sensitizing and distributing sanitary items to the girls and young ladies.
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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In collaboration with “Friends of Kutara”, SANG visited the young girls and women of Kutara IDP camp in Nassarawa state on Saturday 10th of August. 100 re-usable pads were distributed to the women and girls and they were educated on the importance of (1)
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On Thursday, 28th of May, SANG collaborated with
@aramiessentials
and visited Orogun Grammar School, Ibadan, Oyo state. 160 girls were sensitized and received sanitary items.
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SANG, in partnership with
@AramiEssentials
and
@supaforg
marked
#MHDay2021
with a visit to Surulere Girls High School, Jibowu.
800 girls were given reusable sanitary items and sensitized on sanitary hygiene & practice.
Thank you for helping us get
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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It’s always a good day to support and donate to SANG; please visit our website to see the work we are committed to doing and how your support enables us do more in coming times.
Please send us a dm for any additional info&international donations. 💕💕
#sanitaryaidfornigeriangirls
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Director
@duchesskk
and
@gabriellascott
Head, Strategy and Info Tech at MicrosoftNG & a rep for a meeting.
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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We are very pleased to share that we at SANG have now reached 10,000 women and girls in 8 states & the FCT. We have hundreds of amazing, selfless volunteers and we’ve raised over N5,000,000.
We’ve only just started. We are VERY committed to getting
#SanitaryAidForNigerianGirls
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Did you know that with as low as N1,000, you can provide pads for 5 schoolgirls living in low-income communities?
Partner with us now by choosing any of the payment options available below (1/2)
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Menstrual dignity for every Nigerian girl is possible ❤️
Kindly like and repost if you believe
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This is how we closed December 2023 by distributing a total of 700 pads to 600 women and girls in Nigeria! A thread 🧵 1/6
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Yesterday, we visited Iganmode School,Ota, Ogun state to educate and give sanitary pads to the girls.
@Cyntheeya
@alexajaay
@gabriellascott
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Menstrual hygiene is a basic need yet 1 out of every 10 girls misses school due to a lack of access to sanitary products and/or period mishaps.
Your donation of N1000/2.41$/1.91£ can get a pack of re-useable pads while N2500/6.02$/4.78£ can get a re-useable sanitary kit.
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Hi guys!
We recently entered the GTBank
#SimpleChangeBigImpact
challenge&we have been shortlisted. Now we need your help.
To vote for our video, please follow Gtbank on IG, doubletap❤️ on our video&tag your friends. Please click the link below to vote:
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Have you had to lend or borrow someone a pad/tampon? Imagine having no access to either.
Our vision is to provide sustainable sanitary pads and items as well as menstrual health education to women and girls from low income families and IDP camps. (1)
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On July 9th, SANG attended the LEAD Camp 2019 organized by
@JANigeria
and sponsored by
@UNIONBANK_NG
. We facilitated a session tagged “Personal Hygiene for the Smart Girl”.
SANG team members spoke on Menstrual Hygiene Management, healthy eating as well as consent and harrassment
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Below are the most common causes of irregular periods:
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
Cheers to a rocking awesome 2020 from all of us at SANG! 💕💕
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To commemorate
#MenstrualHygieneDay
, the team and volunteers will be at Liesure Mall, Surulere, Lagos from 12-4pm. Please join our conversation on sanitary hygiene and it’s importance.
You can bring sanitary items if you have some to donate 💕
#sanitaryaidforNigeriangirls
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Love is a universal language. Let’s speak it loud and clear through our actions today and every day.
Happy Valentines Day! 💕
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Hiiiiiiii guys!!!!!!
Welcome to another
#TruthfulThursday
.
Today we’ll be sharing a few facts about women’s health across ages and some of the things EVERY woman ought to do or have done. Or should be doing.
(Please share and RT)
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Did you know that in many parts of the world, the term “menstruation” is still thought of as dirty and shameful?
Majority of females have been conditioned by society to hide their pads from public eye for fear of being teased or looked at differently for it.
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Period poverty don’t just affect females.
The consequences of not addressing period poverty have far-reaching effects on various aspects of society such as a ….(1/2)
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