Julie Schmidt from Kenya
Works- Makini Sanitary Pad Project received $4750 last year from our Rotary
Shines event. That helped a total of
1750 young girls and women. This money
allows the girls to stay in school and to finish their education, which leads
to empowerment. They money supplied
eco-friendly sanitary pads. After
puberty, girls would miss a lot of school and not finish their education. The girls would receive a package called
Afripad Brand, which is a eco-friendly reusable sanitary pad. It included panties, soap for washing,
training for proper use and information on puberty, HIV/AIDS and the reusable
sanitary pad. This project led to 21%
increase in school enrollment, 96% increase in girls obtaining a C+ or better
score on the Kenya Certificate in primary education (KCPE) exam.
Egide Nimubona spoke on behalf
of the Burundi project. Last year this
project received $2615.16 from Rotary Shines and the project will be completed
the end of April 2015. This money
allowed them to get toilets and showers in dorms for 25 girls at Muarmba high
school. In the school there are 663
students total. There are 6 flushing
toilets when water is available. The
dorms are for the most vulnerable girls so they don’t have to walk to and from
school daily.
Sridhar spoke on behalf of the
Integrated Sanitation and Water project in Odisha, India. The project will fund for separate toilets
and shower for Men and Women, have biogas generation for human waste, solar PV
and roof slopes to be used for natural water harvesting during rainy season for
less water pumping, community water supply for irrigation and drinking, biogas
will be used for water heating or street lighting depending on the availability
and nominal user free to encourage self-reliance and maintenance. Phase I (Women’s Unit) building will be ready
by April 30, 2015 and Phase II (Men’s Unit) will have one unit of sanitation
and drinking project for women will be completed by July 1, 2015. Sridhar also talked about the Bharati project
which will receive funds from our Rotary Shines event this year 2015-2016. This project rescues girls ages 13-18 from
India, Bangladesh and Nepal from human trafficking. It provides safe and secure homes, counseling
and advocacy and empowerment and rehabilitation through education and
training. Rotary will be funding $10,000
to the education and training component.
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