Over 68 female street families in Eldoret town on Saturday benefited from a donation of sanitary towels and panties from the Passion for Giving Initiative.
According to the organization's CEO Winnie Chepkoech, they aim to ensure women live comfortable lives.
“Through our initiative ‘dubbed end period shame’ we aim at eradicating poverty and stigma among street women who are suffering due to lack of sanitary towels and panties making them uncomfortable,” said Chepkoech who spoke after issuing the donations where she also called on other well-wishers to come out and help the female street families.
“Today we have been here to help 68 women in the streets so that during their menses it helps them to engage in their daily economic activities without any hindrances,” she added.
Chepkoech further said the initiative seeks to ensure the female street families use good hygiene products instead of using rigs (matambarasa) as this "reduces risk of diseases caused by lack of hygiene".
She called on both the National and County governments, well-wishers to come out and help the street women by providing them with sanitary towels, clothes or panties among other basic needs.
Eldoret town has had a rapid rise of street families with the female ones, especially those with children, facing a myriad of challenges.
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