desks improved girls attendance for specific reason. with a desks, a girl child will experience a menstrual period. they will absence themselves from school. faced with the prospect of sitting on a dirt floor, or a dirty cement floor, while having their period, many if not most girls in malawi choose to stay home. missing days of school. the more days of school that a kid messes, the more likely that child will drop out of school. the desks change all of that for some girls. the desks allow the girls to feel more comfortable and secure during their menstrual periods. that increases their chances of
missing days of school. the more days of school that a kid messes, the more likely that child will drop out of school. the desks change all of that for some girls. the desks allow the girls to feel more comfortable and secure during their menstrual periods. that increases their chances of going from primary school to high school, which most girls in malawi do not do. when girls make it a high school, their graduation rate is half that of the boy s graduation rate. among other reasons, public high school is not free in malawi. if a family can afford to send a child of high school they re more likely to send a son then adapter. that s why the kind funds also includes scholarships for girls to attend high school. those scholarships with high school uniforms and other necessities including all of