Today was a lovely fundraiser event that provided information about HEART's wonderful organization and their various projects, specifically Freedom for Girls. Various dignitaries and prominent people living in Kenya attended the event.
This project focuses on getting school girls a year's supply of sanitary napkins, plus education on health and their bodies. Staff were finding out that Kenyan school girls were dropping out of school at alarming rates because they were missing so much school due to their monthly menstrual cycles. They didn't have the education or resources for sanitary napkins and therefore would keep missing school and therefore falling behind in their school work. For five US dollars, one girl is sponsored with a year's supply of sanitary napkins, education, and underwear. Five dollars!!!! Could we all cut back on one latte to help support one of these girls??
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