Three Class X students of Modern High School are using their pocket money to help poor children maintain hygiene during the ongoing pandemic.
Besties Adya Nathany, Vashita Rungta and Akshita Poddar have used their time at home for the past year to spread awareness on menstrual hygiene on social media. This year, they took their cause a few notches higher by distributing hygiene kits to children for whom frequent sanitising and social distancing are a luxury.
“We first decided to spread awareness about Covid-19 and the necessity of hygiene to these students,” said Adya who, along with her friends, is spreading awareness through online sessions among the NGO kids and those studying in government-aided schools.From spreading knowledge and starting a dialogue to distributing the hand-made hygiene kits the students have come a long way. They have named their initiative Sahyog and its long-term goal is to fight “period poverty”.