School girls to get free sanitary towels

Nyeri Governor Nderitu Gachagua's wife Margaret Karungaru joins girls from Nyeri D.E.B primary schools in a dance, on September 28,2016,after donates sanitary pads to them. Procter and Gamble the manufacturer of Always Brand, announced the start of the always keeping girls in school program in Nyeri which will see over 800 girls receive a year's supply of sanitary pads.PHOTO;KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD

More than 800 girls will receive a year's supply of sanitary pads and underwear.

The initiative is as a result of a partnership between governor Nderitu Gachagua's wife Margaret and consumer goods manufacturer, Proctor and Gamble (P&G).