To some teenage girls menstrual pad is a luxury.

I remember starting my first period. I found bloodstains on me. I told my mom, and she opened her wardrobe; she handed me new cotton fabrics. Sanitary pads were not common; only the rich could afford them at that time. 

She folded it neatly and told me how to use it. She told me to always wash them and spread. We lived in a small two-room apartment. It was all she could afford. 

I was not used to it; sometimes I am told there is a stain on my dress. It is always embarrassing. 

Today, the cost of essential items like sanitary pads is fast becoming a luxury, with the cost of food and essential needs going up on a daily basis in my country. Most parents are struggling to feed their children; they can not afford menstrual pads. Some girls have to use pieces of cloth instead of pads. 

Sometimes, I meet girls begging for food; such children can not afford menstrual pads.

I am very passionate about the girl child. I remember planning and executing a girl power project for my mentor 3 years ago. She is late now, but she has inspired me and several young people in Nigeria. She supplied 250 pads to teenage girls in secondary schools. 

I want to provide menstrual pads for 3,000 teenage teenage girls in Ikere, Ekiti. 

It is a community dominated by poor people. Join us to make this a reality.