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Maintaining menstrual hygiene is very important. Menstruation is seen as the taboos in Nepal. Proper menstrual hygiene management is one of the most important and basic aspects of feminine health that is unfortunately neglected in Nepal. Policy-makers in Nepal have cited menstruation and lack of sanitary products as barriers to girls' schooling. Menstruation is the major contributing factor in absenteeism and poor academic performance among schoolgirls. Girls often remain absent and drop out of schools because of bad sanitation facilities in schools. Many girls remain absent for 4 days a month during their menstruation cycle. Menstrual hygiene issues have received attention from the water, sanitation, and hygiene sector as well as from the reproductive health sector in the country. Use of sanitary pads is one of the measures to maintain menstrual hygiene however, the sanitary pads available in the market are not cost effective and expensive. This project will cover five districts of Nepal, namely Bajhang, Salyan, Parbat, Rasuwa and Dhankuta. The goal of this project is to empower deprived girls and women through promoting health and hygiene and income generating activities. Through this project we aim to support women especially socially and economically deprived girls and women in terms of health, in terms health, economic, environmental and socio-cultural. Through this project activities such as forming and providing training to the core team, training to production team on making sanitary pads, producing sanitary pads, promotion and dissemination of sanitary pads advocacy at district and national level, starting products outlet/stall, income generation activities, skill training for girls and women and formation of saving and credit group will be carried out. The project will be carried out in a year and the budget in words is Rs. 4.8 Million and Seventy Thousands (US $ 51263) only, of which 20 percent or 974 000 (US $ 10 252) will be contributed by the implementing agency and rest, i.e., 38 96 000 (US $ 41 010) is being requested from the donor.
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