50, 000 school girls to get free sanitary pads

It’s no myth that menstruation has become one of the leading contributors to school dropout rate among girls in Uganda.
Many girls, especially in rural Ugandan schools, miss school and some eventually drop out because they cannot afford sanitary pads that would save them from the embarrassing leaks during their menstruation periods. The pads would also help them maintain a good standard of hygiene while they are in their periods.
Recently, a research report by Build Africa revealed the alarming statistics and impact this issue has on girl child retention in schools and completion.
On average, the report revealed that out of the 80 days allocated to a school term, 29.7 percent of the adolescent girls said they miss a minimum of four days per cycle. This also includes examination days, important class presentations and the introduction of new topics.
It’s against this background that Binance Charity Foundation (BCF) has offered to support at least 50,000 girls from about 50 schools across the country with sanitary pads.

Ms Iris Du, the director of Binance Charity Foundation (BCF), a block chain enabled charity platform and official philanthropic arm aimed at providing sanitary towels to girls who miss school due to lack of the same, said on Thursday that the one year initiative is targeting 50 schools from different regions starting in September this year.
She said the girls have already been identified to see that they are helped.

“Since February, our colleagues working on the ground identified the pressing needs among the girls. Many young women in Uganda cannot afford sanitary pads, but use cassava leaves during their periods, leading to infections, general uncleanliness, and many other serious issues related to their life,” Ms Du said.

Yesterday, more than 47 companies and organizations were announced as strategic alliance of as founding partners to introduce ‘Pink Care Token’ (PCAT).

In the frame of period poverty campaign, the alliance aims to empower one million women in underdeveloped countries for overall feminine health and wellbeing improvement.

The organization has now entered into a memorandum of understanding with the government through the prime minister’s office and at the moment, the schools that are going to benefit from the same are being mapped out.

The 1st batch of Pink Care Token and sanitary pads delivery is scheduled for the mid-July in Uganda, graced by dignitaries from the Ugandan Government.
Ms Helen Hai, the Head of Binance Charity Foundation said, “By forming the first alliance between crypto currency and traditional industry, we aim to deploy alliance’s strength to shape a brighter future of all human beings, especially the bottom billions.''
“After all, it all comes down to human and values. We hope the Pink Care Token Alliance will combine technology with the best parts of human nature creativity, empathy, and stewardship, which lift humanity into a shared sense of dignity.”

Ms Hai said they want to implement crypto currency using the initiative of providing sanitary pads to girls because, “many foundations, NGOs and corporations have worked on this social problem over the years, there is tremendous inefficiency and lack of transparency in traditional ways of charitable giving that causes loss of trust and high intermediary costs. Blockchain-based philanthropy can therefore offer a new perspective and effective solutions to these issues.”