Dis-Chem Foundation Million Comforts activation
The Million Comforts campaign is a campaign to collect sanitary pads for girls in rural and urban schools who cannot afford to purchase the pads themselves.
Sandton saw many people doing the right thing by helping keep millions of girls in school.
Dis-Chem ambassador of the Million Comforts Amanda Dambuza said, “This initiative, which has been running since 2015, aims to provide sanitary pads to teenage girls in need in disadvantaged communities.”
According to Dambuza, the campaign is committed to the empowerment of schoolgirls, raising awareness about women’s health, and giving these girls the opportunity to continue their education without the burden of hygiene risks, discomfort, embarrassment, or the loss of dignity.
She added that the Dis-Chem Foundation works with Caring4Girls, who distributes the pads to schools in rural and underprivileged areas across the country, and along with puberty and menstrual hygiene training, tries to educate the learners, to debunk social taboos around menstruation.
“The campaign is about to embark on its eighth consecutive year, continuing to grow from strength to strength, allowing the Dis-Chem Foundation with Caring4Girls to have a larger distribution outreach nationwide of sanitary pads to girls in less-fortunate communities.”
Dambuza explained that they have phenomenal young women who have been beneficiaries since the inception of the campaign.
“We call out to everyone to help us care for even more girls this year by donating pads or your Dis-Chem rewards points.”
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