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.