Shining Star

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Puberty Stage

Posted Mar 28, 2011 in Education, Empowerment, kenya, Kibera, Sanitary Pads, zanaafrica by Shining Star - 0 Comments

My name is Emmaculate.I am in standard seven at the age of 13years. when I was developing, I was age 12years, I saw many different things in my body and I was shy.I saw pimples,breast appearance,hips broaden and monthly period.When [...]

Change

Posted Mar 25, 2011 in Empowerment, Kibera, Sanitary Pads, zanaafrica by Shining Star - 0 Comments

When we did not have pads and panties we had challenges.We were using cloths and this was affecting our private parts.When you came to our school with pads we felt so happy and now our bodies are not the way [...]

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Call This Prejudice or Merely Ignorace

Posted Feb 21, 2011 in Empowerment by Shining Star - 0 Comments

A long, long time ago the Maasai believed that girls were to be married at the age of 12.  They usually said that boys were more important than girls and would then trade their daughters for 10 herds of cattle. [...]