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Help to Empower Girls in Uganda

  • by ssamba,
  • 17 July 2011
  • Posted in Travel

Make a difference, support Beacon of Hope Uganda!

With a minimum donation of USD $5,- you help to provide one schoolgirl in
Uganda with an AFRIpads Menstrual Kit! Support our Cause, thank you!

Lack of menstrual products has caused Millions of girls living in developing countries like Uganda skip up to 20% of the school year simply because they cannot afford to buy mainstream sanitary products when they menstruate. This deliberate absenteeism has enormous consequences on girls´ education and academic potential.

Beacon of Hope Uganda in partnership with Afri-Pads with your help we can help empower these girls by donating to them reusable sanitary pads. In Uganda, where the population is nearly 80% rural and poverty is widespread, reusable sanitary pads are truly a product innovation that is simultaneously an empowering and practical solution to an everyday challenge.

 With the Mission of curbing the high rates of menstruation-related absenteeism among primary and secondary schoolgirls in east Africa. We hope with you this is possible. With only USD$ 5 you can support and empower a girl  for a year, as this menstrual kit provides schoolgirls with  environmentally-friendly (washable) menstrual protection for up to 1 year .

Please contact us on: beaconyouths@yahoo.com, if you want to donate. Thank you for your support.

So with just One pack of only USD$5, You can keep that girl in school without missing her classes for a year or you can help that poor rural woman and save her from using dirty clothes for her periods.

Donate Just USD$50 and SAVE 10 GIRLS FOR A FULL YEAR!

Donate USD $ 250 and SAVE 50 GIRLS FOR A FULL YEAR!

Donate USD $ 500 and SAVE 100 GIRLS FOR A FULL YEAR!

With Beacon of Hope Uganda you will see your Hand of Hope at work and your money and donation in full goes to the intended project and people who need it.




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