The first time I heard about ZanaA I was taking tea in my room right before my classes back at school very early in the morning, when the C.E.O of ZanaA was being interviewed by Carolyne Mutoko oF Kiss 100, a popular local station in Kenya. That was about a year ago.
As she described what her organization does, I remember thinking what a great service they were providing. I come from a locality where girls use sanitary towels for the fist time in High School, and that’s only if they are in boarding school. For the rest of the girls attending day schools, they have to use the best kind of cloth that can substitute for a sanitary towel. Some up to the age of 16 have never seen what a sanitary towel looks like upclose.
So, the issue of access to sanitary pads is something quite familiar to me.
Sometime later I checked out ZanaA’s website for more information, and I knew I wanted, even in a small way, to be part of the organization. It had these pictures of beautiful young girls smiling into the camera holding out their pads, and from the gratification on their faces I understood the magnitude of the difference ZanaA was making in our community.
Now that I am here, I keep hoping that each day I spend at ZanaA, may have an impact on a child’s life. If I give a little, even just a little, of my time from school and my outside activities, to ZanaA that is definitely going to be an achievable goal. It does not take much but I intend to give all that I can.
What kind of luxuries would you give up to make a difference?
