Storytelling for period poverty trauma healing "menstrual hygiene competition"

Storytelling is an art which allows people to share their experiences in a creative manner. As more and more girls face difficulties purchasing menstrual hygiene products, Dr Tumasang Swiri Foundation decided to use story telling as a healing therapy for adolescent girls who may be feeling shy to share their experience with period poverty to a large audience. We give them room to write their stories as a means of exposing all what they've been going through, the stigma, the discrimination, the difficulties purchasing them, the illnesses they've been battling and also how they were able to navigate through their first menstrual period. It is their safe space to pen down their experiences. Every story counts and it can make a difference in a girl's life. We assure them of anonymity when recounting the stories to a greater audience as educative material.

This initiative is a competition where the young girls write stories and at the end the best stories win prizes. This competition will provide 300 girls with mentraul hygiene products in the various schools. Dignity kits will be offered. The winners will also recieve cash prizes alongside menstrual hygiene products. The competition will run from May 2 to 26, 2025. On that day the event will feature several other activities such as storytelling, dance, music, training on reusable sanitary pads and educative talks on menstrual hygiene

It is our own way to sensitise girls and also accompany them through the traumatic experience of period poverty.

We call on many others to join us in this initiative as we enter may which is menstrual hygiene month. Let's join hands to make sure girls can go through menstruation in all dignity.

You can donate 1 dollar or a pad to save girls. You can also join us in this initiative as a partner or a menstrual health advocate.

We need you. The girls need you