Let Girls Shine: A Menstrual Hygiene Intervention

Sanitary pads in Malawi are expensive. They are more expensive than the price of bread. Therefore, if you are growing up in a poor household, sanitary pads are a luxury your parents cannot afford and you may be forced to use rags, socks, or even a newspaper to stop menstrual flow from staining your clothes. Since most Malawians are poor and live below the poverty line, it means that the majority of young adolescent girls do not have access to sanitary pads and they sometimes miss school.