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Reusable pads putting smiles on faces of girls in arid areas

Mohamed Rafik, founder of Orphan Aid and Coordinator of Mission Relief Africa, addresses pupils of Mandera Girls in Mandera County during a donation of reusable cotton fleece pads for the adolescent girls and women in arid and rural areas in an effort to keep them in school. [Joachim Bwana, Standard]

Young adolescent girls in arid and rural areas have continued to struggle to stay in school through their menstrual period due to a lack of sanitary pads.

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