ACCESS to sanitary pads continues to be a growing concern for young South African women. The Gender Committee of Eden College Durban collected 1000 sanitary pads for the entire month of August to assist young girls not to miss school.
Eden matric learner, Cassidy Gaylard (18), speaking on behalf of the committee with the Berea Mail, said the committee came up with the idea in one of their meetings.
“We have worked with associations such as Kerr House before and we know the need for pads especially for rape and abuse victims is high. We also wish to help more girls be able to go to school while menstruating as this is still an ongoing issue in South Africa,” she said.
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Furthermore, she said that with these pads they plan to donate to Kerr House, underprivileged girls in northern KZN and Operation Bobby Bear.
“We are all so grateful for having the opportunity and resources to make a difference, thanks to Harini Pillay, the mother of a grade 8 learner at the school. We were able to get our hands on a lot of pads that would have just been thrown away. In this way, we were also able to be eco-conscience with this project,” said Gaylard.
With all these considered, the gender committee said it is committed to breaking stereotypes and taboos around matters such as menstruation.
“It has been great to see the boys in our school helping out with sorting out the pads too. We were supposed to have completed the project by the end of this month but we are still busy sorting out pads so the community could assist by donating more pads to us,” she said.
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