Period Poverty Statistics

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36% of school-aged girls are forced to drop out of school due to the lack of feminine hygiene products. 

When provided with proper hygiene products, the dropout rate among females students reduced to 8%. 

61% of woman and Kenya miss school each month due to menstrual related reasons.

42% of Kenya woman have never used sanitary pads before.

7 out of 10  girls in Kenya report having to use unsafe materials like old clothes, rags, chicken feathers, corn husks, or leaves during menstruation.

64% of woman in Kenya self report, their knowledge of puberty is fair or poor. This is why we educate these women. 

2 in 3 young women in Kenya don’t have access to sanitary pads.