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Umodzi Youth Organisation Donates Sanitary Facilities to Likulu Primary School
ALL SMILES: Likulu Headmistress Senzeni Dzaipazatha on cloud nine upon receiving the donation
Umodzi Youth Organisation (UYO) on Thursday handed over sanitary change rooms to Likulu primary school as a way of promoting girl child education and women’s rights.
Speaking during the handover ceremony at the school, in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kapeni, Blantyre, UYO Programs Director, Shy Ali said following the organisation’s research it established that most girls tend to miss classes and fall behind in education due to lack of sanitary facilities.
“School absenteeism has been one contributing factor as to why most girls do not do well and complete their education. This is a tendency when the schools do not have the necessities to accommodate girls during their menstrual periods,” he said.