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May 4, 2025

Launch of the Pass the Saalt Menstrual Health Program 2025

In Kyotera District, Dreams of the Tropical Youth Uganda formally inaugurated the 2025 Pass the Saalt Menstrual Health Program last Friday. A strong coalition of duty bearers, head teachers, district administrators from the education department, caregivers, and parents attended the meeting to reaffirm their dedication to promoting the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people. The urgent need to give Menstrual Health Management top priority as a means of retaining girls in school, enhancing their self-esteem, and ending cycles of stigma and disinformation was at the center of this year’s launch. The launch meeting was highly interactive, instructive, and cooperative. Participant participation in candid conversations enabled contemplation of the actual obstacles girls encounter, ranging from cultural taboos that stifle discussions about menstruation to a lack of access to period products.

We sincerely thank Saalt, our partner, for their consistent belief in and support of this vital activity. In addition to enhancing menstrual hygiene, their dedication to sustainable period care is enabling girls in rural Uganda to continue their education, speak up for their health, and pursue their dreams. We are breaking taboos, promoting educated discourse, and giving young people the power of choice—one menstrual cup at a time—in collaboration with our partners and the local community.

Watch Video: https://youtu.be/HgpWusVepuU

Via UBC TV English: https://youtu.be/NKgLQ8rttgA

Via UBC TV Luganda: https://youtu.be/ndygu_IL7gA

By Timothy
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February 18, 2025

Lack of toilets; A barrier to girls’ education

It might seem obvious that poor hygiene can greatly affect heath, but what might be less obvious is how a lack of latrines can prevent girls, in particular, from receiving an education.

When schools have no latrines or have poor sanitation facilities, it becomes an unsafe environment, where girls are left the most vulnerable. Having to use open bushes or dilapidated structures hence getting exposed to more to health complications as well as abuse.

Coupled with little or no menstrual support, many girls are forced to return home in need of a safe latrine -or not come to school at all.

By intervening to make rural school environments comfortable, safe and inclusive, girls have a clearer path to claim their right to learn.

” Thanks to our community of sponsorship, we’ve just constructed 1 new gender -separate latrine block in Misoto Primary School giving close to 300 girls a sanitary space of their own at school.”

” Before the girls shared with boys and teachers”, Mr. Mutunzi Emmanuel Headteacher. “Today they have their own latrine at school and this will allow them to follow the class courses and not be absent,” he adds.

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