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West Pokot girls come together to be presented with sanitary towels

By Wilberforce Netya

Barely two months after the media highlighted the plight of girls using unhygienic material as sanitary pads, smiles have been painted on the faces of vulnerable pupils in West Pokot County. Pokot East region of Baringo County was the most featured in the highlight that exposed how young girls used feathers and animal skin as alternative sanitary towels.

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