Helping girls stay in school by providing sanitary supplies

Freedom For Girls helps school girls in Kenya stay in class by providing sanitary supplies, undergarments, and hygiene education. A donation of $10 helps provide one girl with sanitary supplies for an entire year.

Why This Program Matters

For many girls, access to basic sanitary supplies affects school attendance, confidence, and dignity. Freedom For Girls helps remove one practical barrier so girls can continue learning, participating, and growing with their classmates.

Neighbor Kwa Jirani Foundation partners with HEART, an American Christian humanitarian organization working in Kenya, to provide sanitary supplies, undergarments, and hygiene education for school girls in the community of Riosiri, Kenya.

Through the Freedom for Girls Project, girls are provided with a year’s supply of sanitary napkins and four pairs of undergarments. They also receive hygiene education that includes: the menstrual cycle, personal hygiene, HIV prevention education and a demonstration of how to use the sanitary towels and dispose of them properly.

Including shipping from Nairobi to Riosiri, a full year of sanitary supplies costs $10 per girl. That means one $10 donation helps provide one girl with sanitary supplies for an entire year.

Below is a video of HEART’s founder and CEO,
Vickie Winkler, explaining the program.

A Thank-You Message from Riosiri

This message from a 7th grade student in Riosiri was recorded in July 2016 as a thank-you to the donors who helped make the Freedom For Girls program possible at her school. Her message shows how much this support means to the girls, teachers, and school community.

Help provide sanitary supplies for girls in Riosiri. A $10 donation helps supply one girl for an entire year.