CORONATIONVILLE – Since early March, the Democratic Alliance's Youth Linden Constituency has been collecting sanitary products for girls, and 22 April they were handed out at Coronationville Secondary School.
The sanitary products are distributed at Cornonationville Secondary School. Photo: Supplied
For the next two months, 500 girls will be able to go to school with dignity.
It takes 5 000 pads, 23kg of tampons and 12,5kg of panty liners to make sure the 500 girls are able to go to school while they are on their period.
Ward 99 councillor Nicole van Dyk helps distribute the products. Photo: Supplied
Since early March, the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Youth Linden Constituency has been collecting sanitary products for girls, and 22 April they were handed over to Coronationville Secondary School.
Gustav de Villiers, chairperson of the youth constituency, said the initiative ran from the beginning of March until the donation day.
“The idea is about celebrating one’s right to dignity,” he said. “We decided to do the donation after the school holidays and we promoted our initiative on social media and placed collection boxes at supermarkets around our constituency. We also received several private donations.”
The Democratic Alliance Youth Linden Constituency vice chairperson Megan von Maltitz and chairperson Gustav de Villiers helped collect the sanitary products. Photo: Supplied
De Villiers was especially thankful to Kindness Like Confetti, a local non-profit organisation based in Linden, for a substantial donation made to the cause.
“[At the school the girls were spoken to] about menstruation being a normal process for ladies to experience, and that they need not be ashamed of it and rather be proud of being a woman. They also spoke to them about the proper disposal of their sanitary products,” De Villiers said.
Another 15kg of tampons was then donated to Westbury Clinic.
