27th to 30th of Septemer, 2021
Scandicare Organization partenered with the Mina foundatin in S.A who is the produceer of the Mina menstrual cup.This partnership has seen Scandicare field officers aquire training on the use of the Mina cup.Twenty Scandicare field officers were trained and will be deployed at various times in Kajiado North where Scandicare is implementing a pilot project on menstrual hygiene to respond to menstrual needs of girls living with disabilities.
With the mina cup being an affordable and enviromental friendly solution,Scandicare aims to distribute the Mina menstrual cup to girls with special needs to help them stay in school.
The training lasted for three days and each field officer received a certificate of participation.later on ,on 30th September,2021,the team embarked to practise the lessons learned on the workshop,during a field visit to school girls and parents,(parents of girls with special needs) at Ongata Ronkai primary.
Parents and girls of these school were enlighted on menstrual hygiene management and the use of the Mina menstrual cup by the Mina Foundation and Scandicare Field officers.