Girls face a number of challenges in many developing countries which deprive them their right to education. The majority of them have no access to clean and safe sanitary products, or to a clean and private space in which to change menstrual cloths or pads and to wash. Menstruation is supposed to be invisible and silent, and sometimes, menstruating girls are supposed to be invisible and silent, too. Millions of girls are subject to restrictions in their daily lives simply because they are menstruating. Besides the health problems due to poor hygiene during menstruation, the lack or affordability of facilities and appropriate sanitary products may push menstruating girls temporarily or sometimes permanently out of school, having a negative impact on their right to education. The best place to make an impact on improving the lives of girls is in water and sanitation. The time has come to promote – loudly and unashamedly – the role of good Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) as a trigger for better, stronger development of girls: personal, educational and professional. There is also clear evidence to show that ignoring good menstrual hygiene is damaging not just girls directly but also for schools, businesses and economies. The picture shows the type of unfriendly girls-toilets which cannot provide girls to attain their rights of privacy, dignity and space. What Can You Do to Help Encourage the Rights to Education for Girls?
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...read the update and learn how you can help Malawi is one of the world’s poorest countries, ranking 160th out of 182 countries on the Human Development Index. About 90 per cent of the population lives below $2 US a day. The proportion of poor and ultra-poor is highest in rural areas of the southern and northern parts of the country. The most common problems are weather-related, resulting in crop failures and increases in the price of food. Illness and injury is also very common, as well as death of family members, heightened by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which has affected 11.9 per cent of the population. The Ukhondo Services Foundation is working in the Karonga Malawi community to bring relief directly to the people who need it most. See images of recent Heavy rains and the devastation. We are determine to provide relief to those who are suffering. You can see more our struggles on our Facebook Page...Please LIKE us so that the word will spread about our dire needs.
APPEAL FOR SUPPORT TO HELP FLOODS VICTIMS IN KARONGA DISTRICT. Following the flooding that Karonga experienced on the 15th April, the area civil protection committee and the district civil protection committee (dcpc) conducted a detailed assessment of the villages and households that were affected by the flash floods. according to the assessment done on the 18th-19thApril, a total of 3587 households were verified to have been affected in the areas of T/A kilupula and t/a Mwakaboko specifically in the following gvhs: Gwereweta, Mwenetende, Chibobola and Mwenitete under Kilupula while, Mwakaboko and Mwangulukulu in the area of traditional authority Mwakaboko. JUSTIFICATION
Government has declared a state of National disaster effective 12 April, 2016, appealing for humanitarian relief assistance from the International donor community, the United Nations agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations, the private sector as well as all fellow citizens of goodwill. Damages made by floods.
SEEKING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO CONDUCT AWARENESS, EDUCATION FOR EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide with a majority of cases and deaths occurring in developing countries. It is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in sub-Saharan Africa. However, cervical cancer is preventable and curable, at low cost and low risk, when screening to facilitate the timely detection of early precursor lesions in asymptomatic women is available together with appropriate diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Nationwide cancer registry was conducted between September and October 2010 in Malawi. www.nyasatimes.com/.../cancer-cases-on-the-rise-in-malawi-...
In a bid to reduce cases and burden of cancer in Malawi, we seek financial support to conduct cancer awareness, education and early detection. The idea for carrying out the activity was generated by the general impression about the numbers suffering from cancer, the lack of awareness amongst the public in general. To address the issues concerned with awareness campaign, the organization in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Cancer Specialists shall prepare a list of warning signs and symptoms and prevention measures on leaflets and get them distributed to the general public.
What Can You Do? Make a DONATION - Help us with funds to conduct raise awareness campaigns through: · Public awareness campaigns · Dissemination messages through community radios in all languages spoken by the people in Karonga · Publication and distribution of leaflets with cancer signs and symptoms written in all languages · Billboards Girls face a number of challenges in many developing countries which deprive them their right to education. Due to such challenges many girls are not able to finish their education especially attaining tertially education. These problems are being experienced by the the girls in Karonga district. Most girls in the district fail to attain their right to education due problems such cultural practices, poverty and an education system that does not provide a conducive learning environment for the girls regarding their biological makeup and areas that allow for privacy and hygienic conditions. Cultural practices of the people in the district in many ways prohibit the right to education of many girls. The Tumbuka and ngonde tribes make-up the majority of the district’s population and these tribes practice a patrimonial system of marriage. Patrimonial system is where the man pays the dowries to the parents of the girl. As such, many families regard their daughters as source of income in their homes. Since girls bring money to their parents when they get married, many parents do not encourage their daughters to further their education. Poverty is another major problem girls face in the district to attain their right to education. Most families in Karonga district are poor and can not support their own basic needs such as clothing, food and school fees especially in secondary education. As such girls drop out of school to help their parents in economic activities, some of the girls get married so that the parents benefits from the dowries. Unfortunately, for girls who are attending school, there is not a conducive learning environment. All schools in the district do not have facilities that would enhance girl’s hygiene and privacy. Schools have poor exchange rooms which do not offer girl’s the appropriate space and accommodations for privacy and dignity which often results in high absenteeism and missed classes especially during menstrual cycles.
What Can You Do to Help Encourage the Rights to Education for Girls? · Help us create more world community awareness on the benefits of girls attaining education · Donate for financial support to girls · Trainings on the rights of children · Help us create and introduce income generating activities in the community · Mobilization and briefing of traditional and religious leaders on cultural practices that discourage girls education · Train and support communities to set up child protection committees who will help local people protect children’s rights and provide help for victims of abuse |
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